Spała

Spała [ˈspawa] 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 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Inowłódz, 9 km (6 mi) east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and 54 km (34 mi) south-east of the regional capital Łódź.^[1] The village gives its name to the protected area called Spała Landscape Park.

Spała
Village
Tsar's Manor House in Spała
Spała Show map of Łódź Voivodeship Spała Show map of Poland
Coordinates: 51°32′28″N 20°8′17″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Gmina	Inowłódz
Population  (2011)	484

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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

Demographics

Demographic structure as of 31 March 2011^[4]

	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

• 
  Nicholas II in Spała, 1912
• 
  Tsar's Tower
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  Chapel of the Holy Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Polish Crown
• 
  Olympic Preparation Centre Indoor Arena in Spała

See also

• Sport in Poland
• List of indoor arenas in Poland

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Massie, Robert (1967). Nicholas and Alexandria. New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 180–189. ISBN 9780345438317.
3. "Olympic Sports Centre in Spala". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
4. GUS. "Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku. Stan w dniu 31.03.2011 r." stat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-11-01.