| Official Name: | Šmatevž |
| Other Name: | Sveti Matevž (until 1955) |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Braslovče |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.31 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 197 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.2594°N 15.0372°W |
| Elevation M: | 299.1 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Šmatevž (pronounced as /sl/) is a small village in the Municipality of Braslovče in Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Matevž (literally, 'Saint Matthew') to Šmatevž in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] [5]
The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Matthew and belongs to the Parish of Gomilsko. It was originally a Gothic building. The belfry dates to the 16th century. It was extended and restyled in the 17th and 19th centuries.[6]