Berželė (formerly , ) is a village in

Kėdainiai district municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

, in

Kaunas County Kaunas County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished. Symbols The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...

, central

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 47 people.

Geography

Berželė is located 3 km to the South from town of

Surviliškis Surviliškis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 18 km from Kėdainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. In 2011 it had a population of 351. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus (built in 1791), wooden chapel ...

, near the road which connects

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

and

Krekenava Krekenava is a town (population 1,375) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis. Etymology In the past, the town's place name had a different root than it does now: ''krakin-'' or ''krokin-''. In the ...

. Also there are local road to

Šlapaberžė Šlapaberžė (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 616 people. The village is located by the Kruostas river, 7 km from ...

. The small rivulet of Kruostas crosses the village. It is a right tributary of the

Nevėžis River The Nevėžis (; ) is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. The long Nevėžis flows entirely within Lithuania.1572 Year 1572 ( MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 16 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is tried for treason, for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholi ...

Etymology

The name ''Berželė'' comes from a Lithuanian name ''beržas'' for a

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 3 ...

tree. Once, a large birch forest covered the area and a lot of locations were named with the root ''berž-'', like

Kalnaberžė Kalnaberžė ('the hill of birch trees', formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 324 people. It is located between Survili� ...

, Beržai, Paberžė.

Demography

Images

Image:Berželė1.JPG, Roadsign Image:Berzele001.JPG, The road to

through Berželė Image:Berželė3.JPG, Central part Image:Berželė4.JPG, A solitary homestead of Berželė Image:Berželė5.JPG, A solitary homestead of Berželė

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub