Country Lithuania County Kaunas County Local time Sunday 9:37 PM | Ethnographic region Aukštaitija Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 1,038 (2001) | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 71% Humidity | ||
Lapės (Polish: Łopie) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. The Lithuanian name of the village translates into foxes. In 2001 it had a population of 1038.
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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 XIX century to Kacper and Józef Sokołowski. In 1922 90% of the village population declared themselves Polish. In 1926 the total population of Łopie was 4604 with 4144 Poles, 267 Russians, 138 ethnic Lithuanians, 28 Jews and 27 Germans.
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Lapės Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA