| Poděvousy | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Plzeň |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Domažlice |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.5275°N 13.1311°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1115 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.73 |
| Elevation M: | 447 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 242 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 345 61 |
Poděvousy is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
The name is derived from poděvous, which is an old Czech word for a person who Czech: pohodil vousy ("shed his beard"). So it designated a village of shaved people.[2]
Poděvousy is located about northeast of Domažlice and 27km (17miles) southwest of Plzeň. It lies on the border between the Švihov Highlands and Plasy Uplands. The highest point is at 476m (1,562feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Poděvousy is from 1115.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Poděvousy is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a rural house from the first half of the 19th century.[4] A landmark is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk in the centre of Poděvousy.[3]