Spała
Spała | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 51°32′28″N 20°8′17″E / 51.54111°N 20.13806°ECoordinates: 51°32′28″N 20°8′17″E / 51.54111°N 20.13806°E | |
Country |
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Voivodeship | Łódź |
County | Tomaszów Mazowiecki |
Gmina | Inowłódz |
Population | 400 |
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 has a population of 400. It gives its name to the protected area called Spała Landscape Park.
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Nicholas II in Spała (1912)
Notable occurrences
- Spala 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 fatal hemorrhage.
- Spała was the site of the Central European Jamboree in 1935, and of the International Young Physicists' Tournament in 1995.
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