Turmantas
Appearance
Turmantas | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 55°41′40″N 26°27′40″E / 55.69444°N 26.46111°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | ![]() |
Municipality | Zarasai district municipality |
Eldership | Turmantas eldership |
Capital of | Turmantas eldership |
First mentioned | 1798 |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 209 |
Time zone | UTC+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]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Turmantas_church.jpg/220px-Turmantas_church.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Zarasų rajono turizmo informacijos centras. Medinės sakralinės architektūros kelias Zarasų krašte (PDF). Lututė. p. 24. ISBN 978-9955-37-014-7.
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.