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Amay ​((wa)Ama)
The Collegiate Church of Saint-George and Sainte-Ode
Information
Country	Belgium
Regions	Province of Liège ​Hesbaye from Liège
Watercourse	Meuse
Area	27,61 km²
Population	14 418 hab. (1er january 2020)
Density	522,2 inhab./km²
Nice	Amaytois
Postal code	4540, 4148
Telephone prefix	32 85
Location
50 ° 33 ′ 11 ″ N 5 ° 18 ′ 25 ″ E
Official site
Touristic site
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Amay is one municipality at a time hesbignonne and mosane located in the province of Liège in Belgium.

Understand

On the one hand, Amay has entrusted, with eleven other municipalities, the promotion of its tourism to theasblHesbaye - Meuse Tourist Office whose main info point is located in the town and, on the other hand, has its own tourist office.

• Hesbaye - Meuse Tourist Office Paix-Dieu Street 1B (in L'Paix-Dieu abbey),   32 85 212171  Tue.- Fri. : 9 h 30 - 16 h 30, sat.- Sun. : 10 h - 17 h. –  (last update June 2018)
• 50.548275.318681 Amay Tourist Office Roosevelt Causeway 10,   32 85 314448, e-mail : [email protected] all year : Mon.- Fri. : 9 h - 12 h and14 h - 16 h and from 1^er April to October 31, also on sat. : 9 h 30 - 13 h 30 and the Sun. : 13 h 30 - 17 h 30. – (3 steps at the entrance). (last update Feb. 2018)

To go

By train

There are three stations on the territory of Amay. These are directly related to the Liège-Guillemins international station but are not in the area of ​​validity of the “Key Card” for the Liège region; the price is 4,1 € (~ 4.53 Fr. - course on 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 6.14 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 4.95 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 2 687.98 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) maximum per trip.

Railway stations	Line	Connection with other transport
50.554045.330991 Haute-Flône station rue des Fraisiers (last update June 2018)	Line 125  – Liège-Guillemins ↔ Namur (last update June 2018).	Bus  – 9, 46, 249 and 285 “Rue des Fraisiers” or “Rue Haute” stops. (last update June 2018) Taxi  – no. (last update June 2018)
50.546125.320672 Amay station Place Gustave Rome 10 (last update June 2018)		Bus  – 46 and 85 stop "Amay gare". (last updated Apr 2018) Taxi  – no. (last update June 2018)
50.539225.28973 Ampsin station rue des Ganons 10 (last update June 2018)		Bus  – 85 and 685 “Maison Cornet” stop. (last update June 2018) Taxi  – no. (last update June 2018)

By car

• Coming from the south: take the "route du Condroz" (national road NOT63) in the direction of Cork until Nandrin then turn left on NOT696 as far as Ombret-Rawsa. You are then in the territory of Amay and, for the center of the town, turn left.
• Coming from all other directions: via the highway E42 :
  • coming from the west, take the exit 6 ("Villers-le-Bouillet") and take the NOT65 then, directly at the roundabout, take the second exit (NOT684) untilPaix-Dieu abbey. You are then in Amay,
  • coming from the east, take the exit 5 (“Saint-Georges”) and turn left onto “chaussée Verte” (NOT614) towards the center of Amay.

On a boat

Amay does not have a marina. However, it is possible to moor your boat on the right bank of the Meuse up to the 50.53455.29344 Neuville dam as well as, further downstream and also on the right bank, at the height of the50.54065.32585 Pontière Island .

Distances, times and routes

Destination	Distance		Time
	by the road	great circle	by car (about)	by train* (Amay station)
Brussels	E40NOT61488 km	75,4 km	1 h	2 h 13 min**
Huy	NOT6178 km	6,5 km	07 min	07 min
Cork	NOT61729 km	21,0 km	25 min	26 min
Namur	NOT90NOT61741 km	33,9 km	37 min	22 min
Tongeren	NOT61431 km	27,8 km	30 min	1 h 02 min**
Waremme	E40NOT61422 km	17,3 km	22 min	1 h 09 min**
* By the fastest connection. ** To increase the waiting time at the train station Liège-Guillemins

Routes via Amay

(NOT4) Namur ← Huy ←	SO  BORN	→ Seraing → (E25) Cork
Huy (NOT64) ←	SO  BORN	→ Flémalle → Cork (NOT3)
(NOT69) Tongeren ← Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse ←	NOT  S	→ End (NOT617)
Namur ←	'  'Line 125	→ Cork
The Châtelet-sur-Meuse (France) ← Huy ←	SO  BORN	→ Flémalle → Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Sart-Bernard ←	O  E	→ Dolembreux
Brussels ←	NO  BORN	→ Cork

Circulate

To see

• 50.548755.317771 Collegiate Church of Saint-Georges and Sainte-Ode Entre-Deux-Tours street – (2013) (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.5772225.3233332 Jehay Castle ,   32 85 24 04 17, 32 85 31 44 48 (cellphone)  11-18 h WE from June to September, 14-17 h Tuesday to Friday in July and August.  5 € (~ 5.53 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 7.49 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 6.04 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 3 278.03 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021). – (2013, The facades and roofs of the main building as well as the Gothic cellars) The checkered facade makes it the most beautiful castle in the region. (last update March 2018)
• 50.568545.315223 Zénobe Gramme's birthplace rue du Saule Gaillard 28 private house. – It is in this house, dating from 1758 and in poor condition, that the April 4, 1826Zenobe Gramme, the inventor of electric generator, and not at 50.57655.31124 not^o 2 rue Zénobe Gramme , formerly Chemin de la Conterie, as the commemorative plaque indicating « In this house was born on April 4, 1826 Zénobe GRAMME inventor of the industrial dynamo » while his parents only moved there when he was 5 years old. (last update June 2018)
• 50.545895.317315 Roman tower (Dungeon of Amay) Industry Street 38,   32 85 312460, e-mail : [email protected]  sat.- Sun. : 11 h - 18 h (same schedule on public holidays or by reservation). – (2013)XII^e century (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.571395.295566 Paix-Dieu Abbey Paix-Dieu Street 1B,   32 85 212171 – Former abbey of Cistercian nuns. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.54515.28397 Masters of fire rue de Bende 5,   32 85 314448, e-mail : [email protected] – Show course installed in a forge. (last update August 2019)

Do

To buy

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Communicate

Manage the day-to-day

Around

• 50.64525.57331 Cork (to North-east) – The capital of the eponymous province and, although more than a thousand years old, still overflowing with activity and tourist center of certain interest which deserves more than a simple visit. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.585745.370042 Warfusée castle (to North-east) –  (last update June 2018)
• 50.522815.236363 Huy (at the South West) – Pretty city whose four wonders, li Bassinia (Fountain), li tchestia (the Citadel), li rondia (the rose window) and li pontia (the bridge), are nicely highlighted. (last update Feb. 2018)
• 50.44135.28724 Modave Castle (South) –  (last update June 2018)