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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Blížkovice
| other_name              =
| settlement_type         = [[Městys|Market town]]
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| image_skyline           = Blížkovice, náves.jpg
| image_caption           = Centre of Blížkovice
| image_flag              = Blížkovice flag.jpg
| image_shield            = Blizkovice znak.jpg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Moravian Region|South Moravian]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Znojmo District|Znojmo]]
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| image_map               =
| map_caption             =
| pushpin_map             = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief          = 1
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates             = {{coord|48|59|59|N|15|50|5|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
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| leader_title            =
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| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1349
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| area_footnotes          =
| area_total_km2          = 20.81
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| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 398
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| population_as_of        = 2024-01-01
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1214
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 671 55
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| area_code               =
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| website                 = {{URL|https://www.mestysblizkovice.cz/}}
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}}
'''Blížkovice''' ({{langx|de|Lispitz}}) is a market town in [[Znojmo District]] in the [[South Moravian Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.
==Geography==
Blížkovice is located about {{convert|21|km}} northwest of [[Znojmo]] and {{convert|59|km|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Brno]]. It lies in the [[Jevišovice Uplands]]. The highest point is at {{convert|446|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The [[Jevišovka (river)|Jevišovka]] River flows through the market town. There are several fishponds in the municipal territory.
==History==
Due to the triangular shape of the square, there are opinions that there was a [[Slavs|Slavic]] settlement here already during the time of [[Great Moravia]] (in the 9th century). The first written mention of Blížkovice is from 1349, when it was already referred to as a [[Městys|market town]]. There were originally two settlements, one called Městys Blížkovice ("the market town of Blížkovice") and one called Ves Blížkovice ("the village of Blížkovice"). It is unique that two settlements with the same name arose next to each other. In 1919, they were merged into one municipality.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie městyse|url=https://www.mestysblizkovice.cz/mestys/historie-mestyse/|publisher=Městys Blížkovice|language=cs|access-date=2024-04-25}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|1194
|1880|1270
|1890|1295
|1900|1277
|1910|1345
|1921|1383
|1930|1405
|1950|1210
|1961|1271
|1970|1173
|1980|1122
|1991|1225
|2001|1251
|2011|1185
|2021|1168
|source=Censuses<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>}}
==Transport==
The I/38 road (part of the [[European route E59]]) from [[Jihlava]] to [[Znojmo]] passes through the municipal territory.
Blížkovice is located on the railway line Znojmo–[[Okříšky]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Blížkovice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/blizkovice/5433815|publisher=[[České dráhy]]|language=cs|access-date=2024-04-25}}</ref>
==Sights==
[[File:Blížkovice, kostel zezadu.jpg|thumb|Church of Saint Bartholomew]]
The main landmark of Blížkovice is the Church of Saint Bartholomew. It has a Romanesque core from around 1200. In the first quarter of the 14th century, it was extended in the Gothic style. Renaissance modifications were made in the late 16th century and Baroque modifications were made in the second half of the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Bartoloměje|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-bartolomeje-14459336|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-04-25}}</ref>
==Notable people==
*[[Georg Prochaska]] (1749–1820), Czech-Austrian physician
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Blížkovice}}
*{{official|https://www.mestysblizkovice.cz/}}
{{Znojmo District}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Znojmo District]]
[[Category:Market towns in the Czech Republic]]