Spała

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Spała

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =  

| image_flag =

| image_shield =

| image_skyline = Budynek Dworu Carskiego w Spale.JPG

| image_caption = Tsar's Manor House in Spała

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Łódź Voivodeship|name=Łódź}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Tomaszów Mazowiecki

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Inowłódz

| coordinates = {{coord|51|32|28|N|20|8|17|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Poland Łódź Voivodeship#Poland

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| population_total = 484

| website =

| population_as_of = 2011

}}Spała {{IPAc-pl|'|s|p|a|ł|a}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowłódz, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Pilica River, approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0}} west of Inowłódz, {{convert|9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and {{convert|54|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Łódź.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}} The village gives its name to the protected area called Spała Landscape Park.

Notable occurrences

Sport

The village is the site of the Olympic Preparation Centre, which is a professional training base for national and Olympic teams of many disciplines. The sports indoor arena was built in 1988 and is among the biggest ones in Poland.{{cite news|url=https://spala.cos.pl/en/367/olympic-sports-centre-in-spala |title=Olympic Sports Centre in Spala |access-date=7 March 2021}}

Demographics

class="wikitable"

|+Demographic structure as of 31 March 2011{{Cite web |last=GUS |title=Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku. Stan w dniu 31.03.2011 r. |url=https://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2011/nsp-2011-wyniki/ludnosc-w-miejscowosciach-statystycznych-wedlug-ekonomicznych-grup-wieku-stan-w-dniu-31-03-2011-r-,21,1.html |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=stat.gov.pl |language=pl}}

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!In general

!Pre-working age

!Working age

!Post-working age

Male

|238

|52

|156

|30

Female

|201

|41

|136

|69

Both

|484

|93

|292

|99

Gallery

File:Nicholas II hunting in Spal.jpeg|Nicholas II in Spała, 1912

File:Spała, Poland - panoramio (13).jpg|Tsar's Tower

File:Kaplica pw. NMP Królowej, drewniany, 1922, nr rej. 418 z 16.04.1991 (1).jpg|Chapel of the Holy Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Polish Crown

File:Hala OPO COS Spała.JPG|Olympic Preparation Centre Indoor Arena in Spała

See also

References

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{{Gmina Inowłódz}}

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Category:Villages in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County

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