| Ledce | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mladá Boleslav |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.3561°N 15.0822°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1249 |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.66 |
| Elevation M: | 260 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 414 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 294 47 |
Ledce is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
The old Czech word ledce originated as a diminutive of the word lado, which denoted unploughed land.[2]
Ledce is located about 13km (08miles) southeast of Mladá Boleslav and 48km (30miles) northeast of Prague. It lies mostly in the Jizera Table, but it also extends into the Jičín Uplands in the north. The highest point is at 294m (965feet) above sea level. The Vlkava River flows through the municipality. The municipal territory is rich in small fishponds.
The first written mention of Ledce is from 1249. Until the Thirty Years' War, it was a large village with a fortress, but during the war, the fortress was destroyed and more than half of the population died.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[4] A landmark in the centre of Ledce is the Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.