| Lapės | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Lithuania |
| Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Aukštaitija |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kaunas County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 1218 |
| Coordinates: | 54.9778°N 24.0111°W |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
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]
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]