Skapiškis

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Skapiškis

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Skapiškis, bažnyčia.JPG

| pushpin_map = Lithuania

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Skapiškis

| image_shield = SKAPISKIS HERALDIKA ETALONAS page-0001.jpg

| image_flag = Skapiškio vėliava.png

|coordinates = {{coord|55|53|30|N|25|12|0|E|region:LT_type:city(1000)|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{LTU}}

| subdivision_type1 = Ethnographic region

| subdivision_name1 = Aukštaitija

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = 20px Panevėžys County

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Kupiškis district municipality

| subdivision_type4 = Elderate

| subdivision_name4 = Skapiškis elderate

| subdivision_type6 = Capital of

| subdivision_name6 = Skapiškis elderate

| established_date = 1492

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date2 = 1633

| established_title2 = Granted city rights

| subdivision_name5 =

| population_total = 403

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2011

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +3

| }}

Skapiškis ({{langx|pl|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.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_07.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 13, 2017}}

The first church, named after Saint Hyacinth, was built in 1519.{{cite web |url=http://panevezys.lcn.lt/dekanatai/kupiskio/skapiskis/ |title=Skapiškio Šv. Hiacinto (Jackaus) parapija |publisher=Panevėžio vyskupijos kurija |accessdate=2009-09-06|language=lt}} 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.{{cite encyclopedia | editor=Simas Sužiedėlis | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Lituanica | title=Skapiškis | year=1970–1978 | publisher=Juozas Kapočius | volume=V | location=Boston, Massachusetts | page=198| lccn=74-114275 }} After the construction of the Panevėžys–Daugavpils railway, the settlement grew into a trading town. It had 1,184 inhabitants in 1897. It declined sharply after World War II.