Podpleče (pronounced [pɔtˈplɛːtʃɛ]; German: Podpletscham[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills east of Cerkno in the traditional Littoral region of Slovenia.

[3] Podpleče is a scattered hill settlement on the eastern edge of the Cerkno region, where the terrain descends toward Škofja Loka below a ridge dividing the watersheds of the Sora and Idrijca river basins.

It includes the hamlets and isolated farmsteads of Joškovec, Kumar, Tomažek, Dolenc, Kolinc, Peter, Novine, Jeram, Na Brdu, and Mlakar.

Podpleče is connected by a road from Cerkno through Planina pri Cerknem that continues east through the Kopačnica Valley to Hotavlje.

The slopes of the hills are wooded, with hayfields and small tilled fields scattered among them.