Ežerėlis

Ežerėlis
City

Coat of arms
Ežerėlis

Location of Ežerėlis

Coordinates: 54°53′0″N 23°37′0″E / 54.88333°N 23.61667°E / 54.88333; 23.61667Coordinates: 54°53′0″N 23°37′0″E / 54.88333°N 23.61667°E / 54.88333; 23.61667
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Kaunas County
Municipality Kaunas district municipality
Eldership Ežerėlis eldership
Capital of Ežerėlis eldership
First mentioned 1915
Granted city rights 1956
Population (2005)
  Total 2,066
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Ežerėlis ( pronunciation ; literally: little lake) is a city in Kaunas County, Lithuania. It is located 25 km (16 mi) west of Kaunas. 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]

References

  1. 1 2 (Lithuanian) Jonas Zinkus; et al., eds. (1985–1988). "Ežerėlis". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija. I. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 527. LCC 86232954.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ežerėlis.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/5/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.