Official Name: | Berželė |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kėdainiai District Municipality#Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
Coordinates: | 55.4219°N 24.0111°W |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Kaunas County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kėdainiai district municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Surviliškis Eldership |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 47 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Berželė (formerly Polish: Berżałka, 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.
Berželė 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.
Berželė village was mentioned first time in 1572.
The 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.