Porlezza

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Porlezza

| official_name = Comune di Porlezza

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| image_skyline =Lake_of_Lugano_from_Porlezza.jpg

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| image_caption = View of the Lake

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| coordinates = {{coord|46|2|N|9|8|E|type:city(4,325)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Lombardy

| province = Como (CO)

| frazioni = Agria, Begna, Cima, Tavordo

| mayor_party =

| mayor = Sergio Erculiani

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| area_total_km2 = 18.64

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

| population_total = 4941

| population_as_of = 31 March 2017

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| population_demonym = Porlezzesi o Porlezzini

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| elevation_m = 275

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| postal_code = 22018

| area_code = 0344

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.porlezza.co.it/}}

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Porlezza is a comune (municipality) on Lake Lugano in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about {{convert|60|km|mi}} north of Milan and about {{convert|25|km|mi}} north of Como.

Porlezza borders the following municipalities: Bene Lario, Carlazzo, Claino con Osteno, Corrido, Lenno, Ossuccio, Ponna, Val Rezzo, Valsolda.

Between 1873 and 1939, Porlezza was linked to Menaggio, on Lake Como, by the Menaggio–Porlezza railway, a steam hauled narrow gauge line built as part of a multi-modal transport link between Menaggio and Luino, on Lake Maggiore.{{cite web | url = http://www.laluciole.net/snf/snfconstruction.html | title = The Menaggio - Porlezza Railway 1884-1966 - Construction | publisher = Richard Marshall | access-date = 2012-09-21 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130111232639/http://www.laluciole.net/snf/snfconstruction.html | archive-date = 2013-01-11 }}