Capital of Turmantas eldership Population 397 (2001) | Eldership Turmantas eldership First mentioned 1798 Local time Monday 12:46 AM | |
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Weather 5°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 66% Humidity Municipality Zarasai District Municipality | ||
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 2001 census, it had 327 residents.
Map of Turmantas, Lithuania
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