Velešín consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] Velešín is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Český Krumlov and 15 km (9 mi) south of České Budějovice.

The town is situated on the shore of the Římov Reservoir, built on the Malše River.

[3] After death of Peter Vok of Rosenberg in 1611, Velešín was inherited by Jan Jiří of Schwamberg, but after the Bohemian Revolt, his properties were confiscated and Velešín was acquired by Charles Bonaventure, Count of Bucquoy.

[3] The I/3 road (part of the European route E55), specifically the section from České Budějovice to the Czech-Austrian border in Dolní Dvořiště, runs through the town.

[6] The former Church of Saints Philip and James was built at the end of the 15th century and abolished in 1785.