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{{Infobox Belgium Municipality
|name=Amel
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|map-legend=Location of Amel in the province of Liège
|arms=Armoiries_Ambleve.png
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|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-DE}}
|province={{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]
|nis=63001
|pyramid-date=01/01/2006
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|20-64=55.96
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|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
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'''Amel''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Amblève'') is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[municipality]] in the [[Wallonia|Walloon]] province of [[Liège (province)|Liège]], and is part of the [[German-speaking Community of Belgium]] ([[German language|German]]: ''Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens'').
On [[January 1]] [[2006]] Amel had a total population of 5,282. The total area is 125.15 [[square kilometre|km²]] which gives a [[population density]] of 42 inhabitants per km².
There are seventeen villages in Amel: [[Schoppen]], [[Stephanshof]], [[Iveldingen]], [[Eibertingen]], [[Montenau]], [[Born, Belgium|Born]], [[Deidenberg]], [[Medell]], [[Möderscheid]], [[Hepscheid]], [[Heppenbach]], [[Halenfeld]], [[Mirfeld]], [[Valender]], [[Wereth]], [[Meyerode]] and [[Herresbach]].
The name Amel is of [[Celt]]ic origin and means [[water]]. The river [[Amblève (river)|Amblève]] ({{lang-de|Amel}}) flows through the municipality.
Amel is the birthplace of [[Karl-Heinz Lambertz]], current leader ([[Minister-President]]) of the community executive of the [[German-speaking community of Belgium]].
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==External links==
* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Amel Gazetteer Entry]
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