Gradac | |
|---|---|
| Općina Gradac Gradac Municipality | |
 Gradac | |
  Gradac Location of Gradac within Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 43°06′17″N 17°20′28″E / 43.10472°N 17.34111°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Split-Dalmatia County |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Matko Burić (SDP) |
| • Municipal Council | 13 members[1] |
| Area | |
| 72.1 km2 (27.8 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 12.6 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| 2,401 | |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 989 |
| • Urban density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21300 |
| Area code | 021 |
| Website | opcinagradac |
Gradac (pronounced [ɡrǎːdats]); Italian: Labinezza), is a municipality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is situated halfway between Split and Dubrovnik. The town of Ploče is 12 km south of Gradac, while the town of Makarska is 42 km north.
The municipality, consisting of the coastal settlements Drvenik, Zaostrog, Podaca, Brist and Gradac itself, marks the end of the riviera and the county.[4]
Municipality has very low density of permanent population (mostly native to Dalmatia, or the rest of Croatia and neighboring Bosnia & Herzegovina), with handful of people outside of the region.
In the early Covid-19 pandemic in Croatia this low mobility helped in the control of the pandemic, as there were no positive cases reported and all preventive measures were easier to implement early and effectively, as in few other sub-urban areas.
- ^ "Općinsko vijeće Općine Gradac broji 13 članova".
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Jane Foster, Footprint Croatia, pg. 233, Footprint Handbooks (2004), ISBN 1-903471-79-6