Ežerėlis

Town in Suvalkija, Lithuania

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54°53′0″N 23°37′0″E / 54.88333°N 23.61667°E / 54.88333; 23.61667Country

LithuaniaEthnographic regionSuvalkijaCounty

Kaunas CountyMunicipalityKaunas district municipalityEldershipEžerėlis eldershipCapital ofEžerėlis eldershipFirst mentioned1915Granted town rights1956Population

(2005)

• Total2,066Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ežerėlis (pronunciation^ⓘ; literally: little lake) is a town in Kaunas County, Lithuania. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Kaunas city municipality. It is a fairly new settlement as it started developing only in 1918 when a peat digging enterprise was established in the Ežerėlis Bog.^[1] According to the census of 1923, it had 132 residents. In 1959 the town reached the population of 2,200 and remained fairly stable since then.^[1]

^ ^a ^b (in Lithuanian) Jonas Zinkus; et al., eds. (1985–1988). "Ežerėlis". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija. Vol. I. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 527. LCCN 86232954.