Ežerėlis
Ežerėlis | |
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City | |
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 city rights | 1956 |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,066 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ežerėlis (; 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]
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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