{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Lapan |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Trouy |INSEE = 18122 |postal code = 18340 |mayor = Annie Raduget<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Arnon Boischaut Cher|CC Arnon Boischaut Cher]] |coordinates = {{coord|46.9242|2.3006|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 160 |elevation min m = 126 |elevation max m = 174 |area km2 = 10.5 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Lapan''' ({{IPA|fr|lapɑ̃}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[France]].

==Geography== A small [[farming]] village situated in the [[Cher (river)|Cher]] river valley, some {{convert|12|mi|km}} south of [[Bourges]], at the junction of the D35 and the D177 roads.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|140 |1968|146 |1975|129 |1982|131 |1990|137 |1999|142 |2008|152 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The eighteenth-century chateau of Houet. * The [[watermill]]. * The church of St. Caprais, dating from the twelfth century.

==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]

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==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://archive.today/20070709052823/http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=9766&req=Lapan Lapan on the Quid website] {{in lang|fr}}

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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]