Lapáncsa (German: Lappantsch) is a village in Baranya county, Hungary.Prior to Lapáncsa, the village of Gathwege is mentioned as being in the area as early as 1349.

Lapáncsa proper was established by 18 German families in 1760 from Bavaria.

[1] Until the end of World War II, the inhabitants were all Roman Catholic Danube Swabians, locally called stifulder, because the majority of their ancestors arrived from Fulda during the 17th and 18th centuries.

The only Catholic church in the village, Katolikus Templom, is one of the main sights to see.

According to a 2011 census, 84.7% of the residents identified themselves as Hungarian, 7.9% as Gypsy, 1.5% as German, and 15.3% did not declare.