Czaple Małe is a village in east‑central Poland. Administratively, it belongs to the Gmina (municipality) of Sierpc, which is part of Sierpc County (powiat sierpecki) within the Masovian Voivodeship (województwo mazowieckie). The settlement is situated in the northern part of the voivodeship, approximately 10–15 kilometres north‑west of the town of Sierpc and about 120 kilometres north‑west of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
The name “Czaple Małe” is Polish, where czaple means “herons” and małe means “small,” suggesting a historical or geographical association with the bird species or a diminutive counterpart to a nearby settlement named Czaple (or Czaple Duże).
Available public records do not provide a current, regularly updated population figure for Czaple Małe; demographic data for the village are not separately published in major statistical releases and are therefore not specified here.
Czaple Małe is classified as a rural locality and is subject to the administrative and territorial regulations applicable to villages within the Masovian Voivodeship. No notable historical events, cultural landmarks, or economic activities specific to the village are documented in widely available encyclopedic sources.
