Turmantas ( pl, Turmont) is a town in the Zarasai district municipality,

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. Located on the border with

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, 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

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between 1920 and 1939. During that time a wooden Catholic church was rebuilt, an Orthodox church for the

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and a secondary school were built in the town. According to the 2011 census, it had 286 residents.

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Towns in Lithuania Towns in Utena County Latvia–Lithuania border crossings Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) Zarasai District Municipality {{UtenaCounty-geo-stub