Editing Bled (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Bled island July 2005.jpg|thumb|left|View over Lake Bled]]
Bled is located on the southern foot of the [[Karawanks]] mountain range near the border with [[Austria]], about {{cvt|50|km|mi}} northwest of the national capital of [[Ljubljana]]. South of Lake Bled are the densely forested [[Pokljuka]] and [[Jelovica]] plateaus and the easternmost parts of the [[Julian Alps]], where the [[Sava Bohinjka]] river and the parallel [[Bohinj Railway]] lead to the [[Bohinj]] basin, [[Lake Bohinj]], and the [[Triglav]] massif.

A number of rises (Grad 599 m, Straža 646 m, Kozarca 558 m, Osojnica 756 m, and Ravnica 729 m) separate the localities of Bled around the lake, the former villages of Grad, [[Mlino]], [[Rečica, Bled|Rečica]], [[Zagorice, Bled|Zagorice]], and [[Želeče]].

The lake is {{convert|2.12|km}} long and {{convert|0.5|to|1|km}} wide. In summer, the surface water reaches {{convert|25|°C}} and retains a temperature up to {{convert|18|°C}} until autumn. As such, it is suitable for swimming. During colder winters, the entire lake freezes and can be used for ice skating; the island can then be reached on foot.

There is a thermal spring ({{convert|23|°C|disp=or}}) near the lake, next to the Bled Fault. Its water is used in indoor pools in two hotels.{{historical populations|25=1948|26=3387|27=1953|28=3844|29=1961|30=4156|31=1971|32=4756|33=1981|34=5644|35=1991|36=5767|37=2002|38=5252|39=2011|40=5181|41=2021|42=5181|footnote=Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions}}