Lapės

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Town in Aukštaitija, Lithuania

Coat of arms

54°58′40″N 24°0′40″E / 54.97778°N 24.01111°E / 54.97778; 24.01111Country

LithuaniaEthnographic regionAukštaitijaCounty

Kaunas CountyPopulation

(2011)

• Total1,218Time zoneUTC+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]

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]

References

^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
^ Łopie, in: Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego, Vol. V (Kutowa Wola – Malczyce), 1884.
^ Studia nad Polszczyzną Kresową, vol. IX (edited by: Janusz Rieger), Polska Akademia Nauk, Komitet Językoznastwa, 1956, p. 12
^ K. Buchowski, Polacy w niepodległym państwie litewskim, 1918-1940, Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, 1999, p. 22.
^ Statystyka narodowościowa Litwy Kowieńskiej na podstawie danych głosowania do Sejmów. Opracowana według urzędowych danych statystyki wyborczej przez Centralny Polski Komitet Wyborczy, Drukarnia "Prima" ; S-Ka "Omega", Kowno, 1926.