Amay Explained

Amay
Picture-Legend:Place Sainte-Ode
Map:Amay Liège Belgium Map.svg
Map-Legend:Location of Amay in the province of Liège
Arms:Blason Amay.svg
Flag:Flag of Amay.svg
Arrondissement:Huy
Nis:61003
Mayor:Jean-Michel Javaux (Ecolo)
Majority:Ecolo, MR
Postal-Codes:4540
Telephone-Area:085
Web:www.amay.be
Coordinates:50.55°N 24°W

Amay (in French pronounced as /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

See also: List of protected heritage sites in Amay.

Famous inhabitants

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