Skapiškis

Skapiškis (Polish: Skopiszki) is a town in the Kupiškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on the shores of Lake Mituva and near the road and railway connecting Panevėžys with Daugavpils. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 403.^[1]

Skapiškis
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Skapiškis Location of Skapiškis
Coordinates: 55°53′30″N 25°12′0″E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Panevėžys County
Municipality	Kupiškis district municipality
Elderate	Skapiškis elderate
Capital of	Skapiškis elderate
First mentioned	1492
Granted city rights	1633
Population  (2011)
• Total	403
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

The first church, named after Saint Hyacinth, was built in 1519.^[2] In 1752 the Dominican friars established a monastery. The monks opened a parish school, which had 40 students in 1805. Both the monastery and the school were closed by tsarist authorities after the Uprising of 1831.^[3] After the construction of the Panevėžys–Daugavpils railway, the settlement grew into a trading town. It had 1,184 inhabitants in 1897.^[3] It declined sharply after World War II.