Kucevo

in Kucevo

The municipality of Kučevo is located in the southeastern part of the Braničevo district and covers the extreme slopes of the Homoljske mountains with a gradual transition to the Stiška valley. The territory of the municipality of Kučevo is crossed by two important roads: the main road M-24, the road Belgrade - Požarevac - Majdanpek - Zaječar and the railway. The municipality of Kučevo is well connected by roads (regional roads) with the municipalities of Veliko Gradište and Golubac through which the Danube River flows (River Corridor 7). Thanks to precious metals, gold and silver, the area of Kučevo and its surroundings, the river Pek and its tributaries and the surrounding coast, has been known since ancient times. Some data say that the Argonauts were still looking for the golden fleece on the banks of this gold-bearing river. The first known name of the settlement (then a Roman fort that stored gold, silver and iron obtained in a nearby mine) is Guduskum and is associated with 128 AD, during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, who visited this mine in 173 AD. In the suburbs of this Roman fort, a settlement named Kučevo will emerge centuries later. Today's Kučevo is the administrative, economic, political and cultural center of the municipality of Kučevo. Exploitation and processing of wood, mineral resources and mineral deposits, along with animal husbandry, as the leading branch of agriculture, are the main support of the economic development of this region. According to the last census from 2022, the municipality of Kučevo has about 12,126 inhabitants, while the town of Kučevo has about 6,000 inhabitants.