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 AukÅ¡taitija
County Utena County
Municipality Zarasai district municipality
Eldership Turmantas eldership
Capital of Turmantas eldership
First mentioned 1798
Population (2001)
 â€¢ Total 397
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 â€¢ 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. MedinÄ—s sakralinÄ—s architektÅ«ros kelias Zarasų kraÅ¡te (PDF). LututÄ—. p. 24. ISBN 978-9955-37-014-7.
  3. ↑ Utenos apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovÄ—s 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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