Spa
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Summary
Spa is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Spa ranks in the top 2% of municipality of belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,005 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Verviers[3]
- Country: Belgium[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Wayai[5]
- Head of government: Sophie Delettre[6]
- Instance of: Belgian municipality with the title of city[7], spa town[8]
- Capital: Spa[9]
- Official language: French[10]
- Shares border with: Theux[11]
- Flag: flag of Spa[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Cabourg[13]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Spa[14]
- Postal code: 4900[15]
- Part of: The Great Spa Towns of Europe[16], Police Zone Des Fagnes[17], Emergency zone Vesdre - Hoëgne & Plateau[18]
- Commons category: Spa (Belgium)[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20]
- Local dialing code: 087[21]
- Official website: https://www.villedespa.be/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Spa, Belgium[23]
- Commons gallery: Spa, Belgium[24]
- Email address: mailto:info@villedespa.be[25]
- Population: 10,378[26], 10,543[27]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Spa[28]
- Phone number: +32-87-79-53-60[29]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Topographia Westphaliae[31], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[34], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[35]
- Topic has template: Template:Belgian municipality Spa[36]
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Identity
Spa's official name is recorded as Spa[37].
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Spa include Spa-Francochamps Circuit[38], a motorsport racing track[39], in Belgium[40], founded in 1924[41]; spa[42]; and Spa-La Sauvenière Airport[43], an airport[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 1909[46].
Why It Matters
Spa has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Spa is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Spa include Spa-Francochamps Circuit[38], a motorsport racing track[39], in Belgium[40], founded in 1924[41]; spa[42]; and Spa-La Sauvenière Airport[43], an airport[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 1909[46].