Amby | |
Settlement Type: | neighbourhood & former municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | Maastricht |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Limburg |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Netherlands |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Ha: | 447 |
Population Total: | 6565 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
A former village, Amby is now a neighborhood (part 25) of Maastricht, in the Netherlands, located about 4 km northeast of the center of the city.
From January 2, 1839, to July 1, 1970, Amby existed as a separate municipality. As of 2017, it had a total population of 6,565.[1]
In November 2008, an amateur archaeologist discovered in a field 2 meters out of Amby the largest ever found Celtic gold and silver treasure in the Netherlands. Archaeologists from Maastricht and the VU University Amsterdam recovered 70 silver and 39 golden coins which dates back to the 1st century before Christ.