Blšany (German: Flöhau) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

The southern part lies in the Rakovník Uplands and includes the highest point of Blšany, the hill Hůrka at 437 metres (1,434 ft) above sea level.

The first written mention of Blšany is from 1238, when the village was a property of the Waldsassen Abbey.

[3] From 1938 to 1945, Blšany was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland.

[6] Franz Kafka spent several months in convalescence in the village of Siřem after tuberculosis was diagnosed.