Turmantas | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Coordinates: | 55.6944°N 26.4611°W |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Turmantas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Aukštaitija |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Utena County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Zarasai district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Turmantas eldership |
Subdivision Type5: | Capital of |
Subdivision Name5: | Turmantas eldership |
Established Date: | 1798 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Population Total: | 209 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +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. 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 and a secondary school were built in the town. According to the 2011 census, it had 286 residents.