Turmantas Explained

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.