Lapės 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]

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Lapės
Town
Lapės church
Coat of arms
Lapės Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°58′40″N 24°0′40″E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Kaunas County
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,218
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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]

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