Łapy

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Łapy

Total population

14,790

Coordinates52.99°, 22.88°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Łapy is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship; the administrative centre of the urban-rural gmina Łapy. It is situated in the North Podlasie Lowland, on the river Narew.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Józef Kosacki

Polish Army officer and engineer (1909–1990)

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Szymon Górski

Tomasz Łapiński

Polish footballer

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Alfons Kropiwnicki

Polish architect (1803–1881)

Mariusz Antoni Kamiński

Polish politician and deputy

Antoni Beszta-Borowski

Polish Roman Catholic priest (1880–1943)

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Gennady Yakovlevich Movchan

Soviet architect (1901-1998)

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Waldemar Kikolski

Polish Paralympic athlete (1967-2001)

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Romuald Siemionow

Polish sportsperson

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Stanisław Pacuk

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Zygmunt Łapiński

Polish politician

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Aleksander Jarmołyszko

Polish sportsperson and athletics competitor (1906-1998)

Ireneusz Roszkowski

Polish gynecologist, precursor of prenatal medicine

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Jan Beszta-Borowski

Polish farmer

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Janina Kulesza-Kurowska

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Janusz Roszkowski

Polish journalist, diplomat

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Byctiscus betulae

Byctiscus betulae

Seen 2026-09-20

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

False Death-cap

Amanita citrina

Seen 2026-09-20

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-20

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-20

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-19

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Seen 2026-09-19

prickly cucumber

Echinocystis lobata

Seen 2026-09-19

Map

Araschnia levana

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers