Amay
Ama (Walloon)
Place Sainte-Ode
Place Sainte-Ode
Flag of Amay
Coat of arms of Amay
Location of Amay
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

Old Romanesque tower (12th century)

Famous inhabitants

References

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


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