Spała
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Spała
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =
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| 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
- Spała was the location of a hunting lodge owned by Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. In 1912 Grigori Rasputin allegedly healed the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, who suffered from haemophilia, from a near-fatal hemorrhage.{{cite book |last1=Massie |first1=Robert |title=Nicholas and Alexandria |date=1967 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York |isbn=9780345438317 |pages=180–189}}
- Spała was the site of the Central European Jamboree in 1935, and of the International Young Physicists' Tournament in 1995.
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}} ! !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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