Lapės
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Lapės church
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| Location in Lithuania | ||
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| Country |  Lithuania |
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| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | |
| County | 20px Kaunas County | |
| Population (2001) | ||
| • Total | 1,038 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
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.
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 familes: Siwicki, Ratowt, and in the XIX century to Kacper and Józef Sokołowski.[1] In 1922 90% of the village population declared themselves Polish.[2][3] In 1926 the total population of Łopie was 4604 with 4144 Poles, 267 Russians, 138 ethnic Lithuanians, 28 Jews and 27 Germans.[4]
References
- ↑ 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.
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