Paraćin (Serbian Cyrillic: Параћин, pronounced [pâratɕin]) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia.

Located in the Velika Morava river valley, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac, the town had a population of 22,349 in 2022.

[4] The Roman fort at Momčilov Grad produced a great number of coins of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (525–565).

In 1987, a Kosovo Albanian conscript named Aziz Kelmendi went on a shooting rampage at the Yugoslav People's Army barracks in Paraćin, killing four of his fellow soldiers and wounding five others before taking his own life.

[6] Nickname for an inhabitant of Paraćin is Džigeran, derived from the colloquial Serbian word for liver, džigerica, and originating from the 19th century.

There are couple of jovial stories how it came about and both stem from the popular local rivalry between the towns of Paraćin and Jagodina.

[3] Apart from the town of Paraćin, the municipality includes the following settlements, along with number of residents (2002 census): The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[9] The town has a Home Museum, a library and a "Pitagora" gallery.