Turmantas

Turmantas
Town
Turmantas

Location of Turmantas

Coordinates: 55°41′40″N 26°27′40″E / 55.69444°N 26.46111°E / 55.69444; 26.46111Coordinates: 55°41′40″N 26°27′40″E / 55.69444°N 26.46111°E / 55.69444; 26.46111
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County Utena County
Municipality Zarasai district municipality
Eldership Turmantas eldership
Capital of Turmantas eldership
First mentioned 1798
Population (2001)
  Total 397
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

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 2001 census, it had 327 residents.[3]

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

References

  1. 1 2 (Lithuanian) Jonas Zinkus; et al., eds. (1985–1988). "Turmantas". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija. IV. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 360. LCC 86232954.
  2. Zarasų rajono turizmo informacijos centras. Medinės sakralinės architektūros kelias Zarasų krašte (PDF). Lututė. p. 24. ISBN 978-9955-37-014-7.
  3. Utenos apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 119. ISBN 9986-589-99-1.
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