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