Ežerėlis

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.

Ežerėlis
Town
Saint Anthony church
Flag Coat of arms
Ežerėlis Location of Ežerėlis
Coordinates: 54°53′0″N 23°37′0″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)

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]