Lapės 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. The village was first mentioned in sources in 1591, as Lapės manor which belonged to the castellan of Kraków S. Bonar and later the noble Polish family Czacki, and subsequently, it belonged to the f…Lapės 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. The village was first mentioned in sources in 1591, as Lapės manor which belonged to the castellan of Kraków S. Bonar and later the noble Polish family Czacki, and subsequently, it belonged to the families: Siwicki, Ratowt, and in the 19th century to Kacper and Józef Sokołowski. A church was built in 1639. Lapės thrived in the middle of the 17th century, when the manor was ruled by lt:Jonas Alfonsas Lackis, the Elder of Samogitia and the castellan of Vitebsk. The manor house is believed to have been destroyed in 1654-67 during war with Russia. In 1899, the church was renovated and enlarged by Father Andrius Rakauskas and his parishioners. Since 1919 Lapės has been the centre of the parish. In the interwar period, the village had an agricultural cooperative, a small credit union and an orphanage. The last owner of Lapės Manor was the Prime Minister of independent Lithuania Antanas Merkys. During his ownership, a new manor house was built and it became a summer residence, often visited by President Antanas Smetona.
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