Amay
Amay is a Belgian municipality located in Liège Province. 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).
Amay | |
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![]() ![]() Amay Location in Belgium
Location of Amay in the province of Liège ![]() | |
Coordinates: 50°33′N 05°19′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 (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 14,305 |
• Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 4540 |
Area codes | 085 |
Website | www.amay.be |
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
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Old Romanesque tower (12th century)
Famous inhabitants
- François Walther de Sluze (1622–1685), mathematician and abbot of Amay
- Zénobe Gramme (1824-1902), inventor of the dynamo
References
- "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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