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Lapės | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 54°58′40″N 24°0′40″E / 54.97778°N 24.01111°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | Kaunas County |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,218 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Lapės ( Polish: Łopie) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. The Lithuanian name of the village translates into foxes. In 2011 it had a population of 1,218. [1]
The village was first mentioned in sources in 1591, as the property of the noble Polish family Czacki, and subsequently, it belonged to the families: Siwicki, Ratowt, and in the 19th century to Kacper and Józef Sokołowski. [2] In 1922 90% of the village population declared themselves Polish. [3] [4] In 1926 the total population of Lapės was 4604 with 4144 Poles, 267 Russians, 138 ethnic Lithuanians, 28 Jews and 27 Germans. [5]