Turmantas ( pl, Turmont) is a town in the

Zarasai district municipality Zarasai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It borders with Latvia and Belarus. Local government units The district has the following localities: * 2 cities ('' miestas''): Zarasai (capital) and Dusetos * 3 towns (' ...

, Lithuania. Located on the border with Latvia, it is a railway station on the

Warsaw – Saint Petersburg railway Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

. 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 Orthodox Church may refer to: * Eastern Orthodox Church * Oriental Orthodox Churches * Orthodox Presbyterian Church * Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand * State church of the Roman Empire * True Orthodox church See also * Orthodox (di ...

for the Old Believers 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