Spała
Appearance
Spała | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Tsar's Manor House in Spała | |
Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 51°32′28″N 20°8′17″E / 51.54111°N 20.13806°E | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | |
| County | Tomaszów |
| Gmina | Inowłódz |
| Population (2011) | 484 |
Spała [ˈspawa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowłódz, within Tomaszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] The village gives its name to the protected area called Spała Landscape Park.
Notable occurrences
[edit]- 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 haemorrhage.[2]
- Spała was the site of the Central European Jamboree in 1935, and of the International Young Physicists' Tournament in 1995.
Sport
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Nicholas II in Spała, 1912
- Tsar's Tower
- Chapel of the Holy Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Polish Crown
- Olympic Preparation Centre Indoor Arena in Spała
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Massie, Robert (1967). Nicholas and Alexandria. New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 180–189. ISBN 9780345438317.
- ↑ "Olympic Sports Centre in Spala". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ 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.