Amay
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Amay
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Location of Amay in the province of Liège
Sovereign state	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Huy
Coordinates	50°33′N 05°19′E / 50.55, 5.317Coordinates: 50°33′N 05°19′E / 50.55, 5.317
Area	27.61 km²
Population – Males – Females - Density	13,144 (January 1, 2006) 48.28% 51.72% 476 inhab./km²
Unemployment rate	18.88% (January 1, 2006)
Mean annual income	11,209 €/pers. (2003)
Mayor	Jean-Michel Javaux (Ecolo)
Governing parties	Ecolo, MR
Postal codes	4540
Area codes	085
Website	www.amay.be

Amay, the old romanesque tower (XIIth century).

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).

Famous inhabitants

• François Walther de Sluze (1622-1685), mathematician and abbot of Amay

Places of interest

• Castle of Jehay-Bodegnée, a 16th century castle

Other meanings

Amay is a word from Sanskrit. "may" comes from maya or illusion. "A" is a prefix of negation. A famous Indian cricketer given this name is Amay Khurasiya.

References

• Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopaedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Amay, Belgium"

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