Coordinates: 55°41′40″N 26°27′40″E / 55.69444°N 26.46111°E / 55.69444; 26.46111

Turmantas

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Turmantas
Town
Coat of arms of Turmantas
Turmantas is located in Lithuania
Turmantas
Turmantas
Location of Turmantas
Coordinates: 55°41′40″N 26°27′40″E / 55.69444°N 26.46111°E / 55.69444; 26.46111
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Utena County
MunicipalityZarasai district municipality
EldershipTurmantas eldership
Capital ofTurmantas eldership
First mentioned1798
Population
 (2021)
 • Total209
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Turmantas (Polish: Turmont) is a town in the Zarasai district municipality, Lithuania. Located on the border with Latvia, it is a railway station on the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg railway. The village is known since 1798.[1] It began growing after completion of the railway in 1862. As part of the Wilno Voivodeship, Turmantas was part of the Second Polish Republic between 1920 and 1939. During that time a wooden Catholic church was rebuilt, an Orthodox church for the Old Believers[2] and a secondary school were built in the town.[1] According to the 2011 census, it had 286 residents.[3]

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

References

  1. ^ a b (in Lithuanian) Jonas Zinkus; et al., eds. (1985–1988). "Turmantas". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija. Vol. IV. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 360. LCCN 86232954.
  2. ^ Zarasų rajono turizmo informacijos centras. Medinės sakralinės architektūros kelias Zarasų krašte (PDF). Lututė. p. 24. ISBN 978-9955-37-014-7.
  3. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.