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This article is about the municipality in Belgium. For for other uses, see Spa (disambiguation).
Spa
Municipality
The Casino in Spa
The Casino in Spa
Coat of arms of Spa
Coat of arms
Location of Spa
Map
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceLiège
ArrondissementVerviers
Government
 • MayorJoseph Houssa (MR)
 • Governing party/iesMR – cdH-OC
Area
 • Total39.85 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total10,378
 • Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Postal codes
4900
NIS code
63072
Area codes087
Websitewww.spa-info.be

Spa is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. It is situated in a romantic valley amid hills which form part of the Ardennes chain, some 35 km (22 miles) southeast of Liege, and 45 km (28 miles) southwest of Aachen. On 1 January 2006, Spa had a total population of 10,543. The total area is 39.85 km², giving a population density of 265 inhabitants per km².

Spa, the water city.

As the famed site of healing hot springs, Spa has been frequented as a watering-place since as early as the 14th century. Though other sources of healing hot mineral springs have become famous throughout the world, it is the town of Spa which has become eponymous with any place having a natural water source that is believed to possess special health-giving properties. As a generic term, the word "spa" may also refer to a resort hotel – usually located near a source of mineral water or hot spring – which offers hot-tub or similar warm-water hydromassage facilities.

In 1918 the German Army established its principal Headquarters in Spa, and it was from here that the delegates set out for the French lines to meet Marshal Foch and sue for peace in the consultations leading up to the Armistice which ended the First World War.

The town is perhaps best known today as home to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, which hosts the annual Formula One Belgian Grand Prix. It is also the location of mineral water producer Spa.

Fictonal detective Hercule Poirot was born is Spa.

See also


  • Bains de Spa
    Bains de Spa
  • Church Saint-Remacle
    Church Saint-Remacle
  • Source of Peter the Great
    Source of Peter the Great
  • Source of Peter the Great
    Source of Peter the Great
  • Protestant Church
    Protestant Church
  • Town Hall
    Town Hall
  • Lake of Warfaaz
    Lake of Warfaaz
  • Spa-Francorchamps race track
    Spa-Francorchamps race track
  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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