- Amel
Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Amel
picture=
picture-
map-
arms=Armoiries_Ambleve.png
region=BE-REG-WAL
community=BE-DE
province=BE-PROV-LG
arrondissement=Verviers
nis=63001
pyramid-date=01/01/2006
0-19=26.13
20-64=55.96
65=17.91
foreigners=3.96
foreigners-date=01/07/2005
mayor=Klaus Schumacher (GI)
majority=GI
postal-codes=4770-4771
telephone-area=080
web= [http://www.amel.be/ www.amel.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=21
lon_deg=06
lon_min=10Amel ( _fr. Amblève) is a Belgian
municipality in the Walloon province of Liège, and is part of theGerman-speaking Community of Belgium ( _de. Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens).On January 1, 2006 Amel had a total population of 5,282. The total area is 125.15 km² which gives a
population density of 42 inhabitants per km².There are seventeen villages in Amel:Schoppen ,Stephanshof ,Iveldingen ,Eibertingen ,Montenau , Born,Deidenberg ,Medell ,Möderscheid ,Hepscheid ,Heppenbach ,Halenfeld ,Mirfeld ,Valender ,Wereth ,Meyerode andHerresbach .The name Amel is of
Celt ic origin and meanswater . The river Amblève ( _de. Amel) flows through the municipality.Amel is the birthplace of
Karl-Heinz Lambertz , current leader (Minister-President ) of the community executive of theGerman-speaking community of Belgium .History
In 716, the
Battle of Amblève , betweenCharles Martel with theAustrasia ns on one side and the joined forces of theFrisia ns andNeustria ns underRagenfrid andChilperic II on the other side, was the first victory for Charles Martel.External links
* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Amel Gazetteer Entry]
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