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Amay

Coordinates: 50°33′N 05°19′E / 50.550°N 5.317°E / 50.550; 5.317
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Amay
Ama (Walloon)
Place Sainte-Ode
Place Sainte-Ode
Flag of Amay
Coat of arms of Amay
Location of Amay
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Amay is located in Belgium
Amay
Amay
Location in Belgium
Location of Amay in the province of Liège
Coordinates: 50°33′N 05°19′E / 50.550°N 5.317°E / 50.550; 5.317
Country Belgium
CommunityFrench Community
RegionWallonia
ProvinceLiège
ArrondissementHuy
Government
 • MayorJean-Michel Javaux (Ecolo)
 • Governing party/iesEcolo, MR
Area
 • Total27.66 km2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total14,305
 • Density520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Postal codes
4540
NIS code
61003
Area codes085
Websitewww.amay.be

Amay (French pronunciation: [amɛ]; Walloon: Ama) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 Amay had a total population of approximately 14,231. The total area is 27.61 km2 which gives a population density of approximately 476 inhabitants per km2. It owes its site to a ford of the Meuse that was still in use in the Middle Ages but had begun as a Gallo-Roman vicus of the civitas Tungrorum (Tongeren).

The municipality consists of the following districts: Amay, Ampsin, Flône, Jehay, and Ombret-Rawsa.

Places of interest

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Old Romanesque tower (12th century)

Famous inhabitants

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References

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  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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  • Media related to Amay at Wikimedia Commons