Turmantas

Turmantas
Town
Turmantas Location of Turmantas
Coordinates: 55°41′40″N 26°27′40″E / 55.69444°N 26.46111°ECoordinates: 55°41′40″N 26°27′40″E / 55.69444°N 26.46111°E
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)
• 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. (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.