Berželė (formerly Polish: Berżałka,[1] Russian: Бержалка) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 47 people.[2]
Berželė | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°25′19″N 24°0′40″E / 55.42194°N 24.01111°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
County | Kaunas County |
Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
Eldership | Surviliškis Eldership |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 47 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geography
editBerželė is located 3 km to the South from town of Surviliškis, near the road which connects Kėdainiai and Krekenava. Also there are local road to Šlapaberžė. The small rivulet of Kruostas crosses the village. It is a right tributary of the Nevėžis River. There is the Kalnaberžė forest to the West from Berželė.
History
editEtymology
editThe name Berželė comes from a Lithuanian name beržas for a birch tree. Once, a large birch forest covered the area and a lot of locations were named with the root berž-, like Kalnaberžė, Šlapaberžė, Beržai, Paberžė.
Demography
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Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
Images
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Roadsign
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The road to Šlapaberžė through Berželė
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Central part
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A solitary homestead of Berželė
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A solitary homestead of Berželė
References
edit- ^ "Berżałka". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 15 pt. 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1900. p. 115.
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 239.