Gradiška municipality by population proportional to the settlement with the highest and lowest population
Gradiška (Serbian Cyrillic: Градишка) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 51,727 inhabitants, while the city of Gradiška has a population of 14,368 inhabitants.
It is geographically located in eastern Krajina region, and the town is situated on the Lijevče plain, on the right bank of the Sava river across from Stara Gradiška, Croatia, and about 40 km (25 mi) north of Banja Luka.
History
In the Roman period this town was of strategic importance; a port of the Roman fleet was situated here. Among notable archaeological findings are a viaduct.
Gradiški Brod is mentioned for the first time as a town in c. 1330. It had a major importance as the location where the Sava river used to be crossed. By 1537, the town and its surroundings came under Ottoman rule.
The Ottoman built a fortress, which served as the Bosnia Eyalet's northern defense line. The town was also called Berbir because of the fortress.
Following the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising (1804), in the Sanjak of Smederevo (modern Central Serbia), the Jančić's Revolt broke out in the Gradiška region against the Ottoman government in the Bosnia Eyalet, following the erosion of the economic, national and religious rights of Serbs. Hajduks also arrived from Serbia, and were especially active on the Kozara. Jovan Jančić Sarajlija organized the uprising with help from Metropolitan Benedikt Kraljević. The peasants took up arms on 23 September 1809, in the region of Gradiška, beginning from Mašići. The fighting began on 25 September, and on the same night, the Ottomans captured and executed Jančić. The rebels retreated to their villages, except those in Kozara and Motajica who continued, and offered strong resistance until their defeat in mid-October, after extensive looting and burning of villages by the Ottomans.[1] Another revolt broke out in 1834, in Mašići.[2]
Serbian Orthodox church in Gradiška.Monument dedicated to the fallen Serb fighters of the Bosnian WarMemorial fountain dedicated to Diana Budisavljević
Local football club Kozara have played in the top tier of the Bosnia and Herzegovina football pyramid but spent most seasons in the country's second level First League of the Republika Srpska.
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[4]
Activity
Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
320
Mining and quarrying
4
Manufacturing
2,916
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
171
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
234
Construction
267
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
1,956
Transportation and storage
452
Accommodation and food services
543
Information and communication
71
Financial and insurance activities
114
Real estate activities
24
Professional, scientific and technical activities
323
Administrative and support service activities
77
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security
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