Gradac ( sr-cyrl, Градац) is a small

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Pljevlja Municipality Pljevlja Municipality is located in northwestern region of Montenegro. It covers an area of 1,346 and had a population of 30,786 at the 2011 census. Geography and location The highest point of the municipality is on the Ljubišnja mountain at an ...

of northern

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. It Montenegro's northernmost settlement with town status and is located in the

Sandžak Sandžak (; sh, / , ; sq, Sanxhaku; ota, سنجاق, Sancak), also known as Sanjak, is a historical geo-political region in Serbia and Montenegro. The name Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative dis ...

region close to the borders with

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

and

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. Gradac is located along the road to the northwest of the town of

Pljevlja Pljevlja ( srp, Пљевља, ) is a town and the center of Pljevlja Municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial roads and ...

;

Flysch Flysch () is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones. It is deposited when a deep basin forms rapidly on the continental side of a mountain building ep ...

-like rocks are said to be "exposed in the area of Gradac village, on the Pljevlja-Gradac road".

Demographics

According to the 2003 census, the village had a population of 364 people. According to the 2011 census, its population was 296.

Economy

Wood processing and lead and zinc mining is conducted in the region, and Gradac has flotation facilities. The town has the dumpsite of the lead and zinc mine "Suplja stijena".

References

Populated places in Pljevlja Municipality {{Montenegro-geo-stub