Łapsze Wyżne | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nowy Targ |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Łapsze Niżne |
Established Date: | 1463 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Coordinates: | 49.4°N 32°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 800 |
Łapsze Wyżne (Slovak: Vyšné Lapše) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łapsze Niżne, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 4km (02miles) west of Łapsze Niżne, 160NaN0 south-east of Nowy Targ, and 760NaN0 south of the regional capital Kraków.[1]
It is one of the 14 villages in the Polish part of the historical region of Spiš (Polish: Spisz). Łapsze Wyżne (where Wyżne means Upper, as it lays upper in the valley) is the younger village from the sister settlement Łapsze Niżne (where Niżne means Lower). It was first mentioned in 1463 and 1469.[2]