Amay
Amay | |||
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Municipality | |||
Place Sainte-Ode | |||
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Amay Location in Belgium
Location of Amay in the province of Liège | |||
Coordinates: 50°33′N 05°19′E / 50.550°N 5.317°ECoordinates: 50°33′N 05°19′E / 50.550°N 5.317°E | |||
Country | Belgium | ||
Community | French Community | ||
Region | Wallonia | ||
Province | Liège | ||
Arrondissement | Huy | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Jean-Michel Javaux (Ecolo) | ||
• Governing party/ies | Ecolo, MR | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 27.61 km2 (10.66 sq mi) | ||
Population (1 January 2017)[1] | |||
• Total | 14,264 | ||
• Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | ||
Postal codes | 4540 | ||
Area codes | 085 | ||
Website | www.amay.be |
Amay is a Belgian municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Amay had a total population of 13,144. 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 sub-municipalities: Amay proper, Ampsin, Flône, Jehay, and Ombret.
Places of interest
- Castle of Jehay-Bodegnée, a 16th-century castle
Famous inhabitants
- François Walther de Sluze (1622–1685), mathematician and abbot of Amay
- Zénobe Gramme (1824-1902), inventor of the dynamo
References
- ↑ Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)
External links
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