Blevice

Blevice is located about {{convert|10|km|0}} northeast of Kladno and {{convert|16|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Prague. It is located in the Prague Plateau. The highest point is at {{convert|281|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The village lies at the end of a small valley whose slopes are partially covered by forest.

The location has been inhabited a long time. As a group of 7 or 8 (today barely noticeable) prehistoric burial barrows in the wood southeast of the villages testifies. They were archaeologically explored in the 19th century. No definite opinion of the age of the barrows can be stated. Estimates vary from late Bronze Age (second half of the 2nd millennium BC) to Slavic period of early Middle Ages (second half of the 1st millennium AD).{{cite book |first=Karel|last=Sklenář|title=Archeologické památky Čechy Morava Slezsko|language=cs|publisher=Optys|year=1993|page=44|ISBN=80-85819-08-2}}

The first written mention of Blevice is from 1282. In the 14th century, it was owned by the Vyšehrad Chapter.{{cite web |title=O nás|url=https://www.obecblevice.cz/obec/o-nas/|publisher=Obec Blevice|language=cs|access-date=2022-05-20}}

{{historical populations

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|1869|342

|1880|398

|1890|436

|1900|453

|1910|478

|1921|488

|1930|480

|1950|419

|1961|349

|1970|356

|1980|316

|1991|281

|2001|282

|2011|285

|2021|286

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

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The municipality is located away from all major roads. The bus service to Kladno and Kralupy nad Vltavou operates on working days only. There is no railway in the municipality, the closest is the railway station in Zákolany.

Between 1865 and 1907, Blevice was a cultural centre that hosted several important concerts. The first public performance of Czech violin virtuoso Jan Kubelík was held in Blevice in 1891. The most significant concert was Kubelík's second concert in 1899, when he was already famous.{{cite web |title=Historie – Blevické koncerty|url=https://www.obecblevice.cz/obec/o-nas/historie-blevicke-koncerty/|publisher=Obec Blevice|language=cs|access-date=2022-05-20}}

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Blevice has a Jewish cemetery located in the southern part of the municipality. Within an enclosure of about {{cvt|0.24|ha}} there are about 300 preserved tombstones dating from the early 18th century until 1945. The neighbouring gravedigger's house from 1884 is well preserved and today serves as a private residence. Only a small number of Jewish families lived in Blevice in the 19th century, the cemetery was used mainly by Jews from the nearby town of Velvary.{{cite web |title=Židovský hřbitov|url=https://www.obecblevice.cz/obec/o-nas/zidovsky-hrbitov/|publisher=Obec Blevice|language=cs|access-date=2022-05-20}}{{cite book |first1=Blanka|last1=Rozkošná|first2=Pavel|last2=Jakubec|title=Židovské památky Čech|language=cs|publisher=Era|year=2004|page=86|isbn=80-86517-64-0}}

In the centre of the village is a small chapel which has a memorial plaque on its side wall. The plaque lists the local victims of World War I.

Kaplička s pamětní deskou v Blevicích (Q66565105) 02.jpg|Chapel

Blevice_CZ_village_centre_from_chapel_towards_NNE_207.jpg|Crossroads as seen from the chapel

Blevice_CZ_general_view_from_NW_218.jpg|View from the northwest

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Category:Villages in Kladno District