Łapsze Wyżne [ˈwapʂɛ ˈvɨʐnɛ] (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 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Łapsze Niżne, 16 km (10 mi) south-east of Nowy Targ, and 76 km (47 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.[1]
Łapsze Wyżne | |
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 Łapsze Wyżne | |
  Łapsze Wyżne | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′N 20°12′E / 49.400°N 20.200°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Nowy Targ |
| Gmina | Łapsze Niżne |
| First mentioned | 1463 |
| Population | 800 |
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]
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- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Józef Nyka (2010). Pieniny. Przewodnik. Latchorzew. p. 88. ISBN 978-83-60078-09-9.
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