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'''Ežerėlis''' ({{pronunciation|Ezerelis.ogg}}; literally: ''little lake'') is a [[List of cities in Lithuania|city]] in [[Kaunas County]], [[Lithuania]]. It is located {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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.<ref name=lte/> According to the [[Lithuanian census of 1923|census of 1923]], it had 132 residents. In 1959 the town reached the population of 2,200 and remained fairly stable since then.<ref name=lte>{{in lang|lt}} {{cite encyclopedia | editor=Jonas Zinkus | encyclopedia=Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija | title=Ežerėlis | year=1985–1988 | publisher=Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija | volume=I | location=Vilnius, Lithuania |id={{LCC|86232954}} | pages=527|display-editors=etal}}</ref>
'''Ežerėlis''' ({{pronunciation|Ezerelis.ogg}}; literally: ''little lake'') is a [[List of cities in Lithuania|town]] in [[Kaunas County]], [[Lithuania]]. It is located {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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.<ref name=lte/> According to the [[Lithuanian census of 1923|census of 1923]], it had 132 residents. In 1959 the town reached the population of 2,200 and remained fairly stable since then.<ref name=lte>{{in lang|lt}} {{cite encyclopedia | editor=Jonas Zinkus | encyclopedia=Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija | title=Ežerėlis | year=1985–1988 | publisher=Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija | volume=I | location=Vilnius, Lithuania | pages=527| lccn=86232954 |display-editors=etal}}</ref>






'''History'''


==The settlement began to develop in 1915. as the Germans began digging for peat. XX a. In the 1930s and 1940s, 15,000 tons of fuel was excavated annually, and fuel was used for Kaunas boiler houses. 1933 a primary school was established.ferences==
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Latest revision as of 07:23, 21 February 2024

Ežerėlis
Town
Coat of arms of Ežerėlis
Coat of arms
Ežerėlis is located in Lithuania
Ežerėlis
Ežerėlis
Location of Ežerėlis
Coordinates: 54°53′0″N 23°37′0″E / 54.88333°N 23.61667°E / 54.88333; 23.61667
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSuvalkija
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKaunas district municipality
EldershipEžerėlis eldership
Capital ofEžerėlis eldership
First mentioned1915
Granted town rights1956
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,066
Time 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]



  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.
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