From the history background, Gradsko is well known as a significant traffic and trade cross-way, not only for Republic of Macedonia, but for the Balkan’s region, too. The main reason is its geography location - it’s comprised the plane land on the central part of Macedonia, on the both sides of Vardar river (Sredno Povardarje). Important traffic and railway junctions are crossing here and they make connections with the north and the south part of the Balkans.
The territory of this municipality is 290 km2 and there are couple settled places. The The ethnical strucuture of the population consists: Macedonians, Boshniaks, Albanians, Romas, Turks and Serbians. They mainly exist from agriculture. The surface of a cultivated land is 7.000 ha and the most common occupation of the population is developing the garden cultures. There are favourable conditions for developing the agriculture, cultivating grapes and producing wine. The small part of population occupy with cattle-breeding, because pasture-grounds in this region are rainless compare with other parts of Macedonia. According to the new partition of the Republic and local self-government, municipality Gradsko starts with serious revitalisation of this region, so the migration processes will be stopped as well as life and existence conditions will be improved.

Settled places in Gradsko municipality
- Gradsko
- Vinichani
- Vodovrati
- Nogaevci
- Ulanci
- Komilari
- Podlec
- Gorno Chichevo
- Dolno Chichevo
- Grnchiste
- Skachenci
- other villages abandoned through migration process