Gradec (, ) is a village in the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia. It used to be part of Negotino-Pološko Municipality.
Demographics Gradec is attested in the 1567/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 105 Christian households and 3 widows.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
As of the 2021 census, Gradec had 3,934 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 3,833 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 95 Others 6
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,555 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 143. Albanians 4,535 Macedonians 7 Bosniaks 4 Others 9
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gradec was inhabited by 1685 Muslim Albanians.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Gradec was inhabited by 660 Muslim Albanians and 100 Orthodox Bulgarians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 212.
Sports Local football club KF Gradec plays in the OFS Gostivar league.
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