Łapy
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Łapy's skyline featuring St. Peter and Paul's church
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| Coordinates: 52°59′N 22°53′E / 52.983°N 22.883°ECoordinates: 52°59′N 22°53′E / 52.983°N 22.883°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Podlaskie | ||
| County | Białystok | ||
| Gmina | Łapy | ||
| Town charter | 7 January 1925 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Wiktor Brzosko | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi) | ||
| Highest elevation | 130 m (430 ft) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 120 m (390 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 16,049 | ||
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 18-100 do 18-101 | ||
| Area code(s) | (+48) 85 | ||
| Website | lapy |
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Łapy [ˈwapɨ] is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Białystok County (powiat), Podlaskie Voivodeship; the administrative centre of the urban-rural gmina Łapy. It is situated in the North Podlasie Lowland, on the river Narew.
According to data from 31 December 2010, the town had 16,049 inhabitants.
Situated here are the bankrupt Railway Fleet Repair Works, a dairy, and the sugar refinery closed in February 2008. Now, Łapy is a medical and educational centre for the region of the former Łapy county.
The town of Łapy is located in north-eastern Poland. According to Kondracki's division of Poland into physico-geographical regions, the town of Łapy sits on North-Podlasie Plain, over the Upper Valley of Narew. The town of Łapy lies by the Narew river. The terrain is elevated here from 120 to 130 metres.
Included in Białystok agglomeration, the town is situated in the buffer zone of Narew National Park.
According to data from 1 January 2010, the town area then was 12.14 km2.
Between 1954 and 1975 Łapy was the administrative centre of Łapy County of Białystok Voivodeship. Between 1975 and 1998 the voivodeship was smaller.
Presently Łapy comprises the following parts:
The name 'Łapy' is of Masovian origin, and it initially represented a soubriquet of the kin, who founded the settlement on Narew. A legend links the foundation of the town with the nobleman Łappa of the Lubicz coat of arms, who settled down here during the 15th-century Masovian colonisation.
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