| Official Name: | Zapleš |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lukovica |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.165°N 14.6814°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 680 |
Zapleš (in Slovenian pronounced as /zaˈpleːʃ/, German: Saplesch[2]) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Lukovica. It is now part of the village of Hribi.[3] It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.
Zapleš is a small hillside settlement on the sunny slope of Kamnec Hill (elevation: 862m (2,828feet)).[1] It lies north of the main hamlet in Hribi.
Zapleš is recorded in older sources in Slovene as Sapleſh[4] and Za Plešjo,[2] and in German as Saplesch[2] and Plesch.[5] The name may refer to bare, unplowed land between fields or similar terrain, related to names like Pleš, Pleša, and Plešivica,[6] which derive from the common noun pleša 'bare land', especially in a mountain area.[7]
Zapleš had a population of 25 (in three houses) in 1900,[2] 21 (in three houses) in 1931,[1] and 22 (in four houses) in 1953.[8] Zapleš was annexed by Hribi in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[9] [10] [11]