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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Amel
|namefr          = Amblève
|picture         = Amel 200413 (cropped).JPG
|picture-legend  =
|map             = Amel Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Amel in the province of Liège
|arms            = BE Amel COA.svg
|flag            =
|region          = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community       = {{BE-DE}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Verviers|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           = Erik Wiesemes (SP)<br>(GI)
|majority        = GemeindeInteressen (GI)
|postal-codes    = 4770-4771
|telephone-area  = 080
|web             = [http://www.amel.be/ www.amel.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|21|N|06|10|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Amel''' ({{IPA|de|aːml̩}}; {{langx|fr|Amblève}}, {{IPA|fr|ɑ̃blɛv}}) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] in the [[Wallonia|Walloon]] province of [[Liège (province)|Liège]], and is part of the [[German-speaking Community of Belgium]] ({{langx|de|Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens}}). On January 1, 2013, the municipality of Amel had a total population of 5,466. The total area is 125.15&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 44 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.
The name Amel is of [[Celt]]ic origin and means [[water]]. The river [[Amblève (river)|Amblève]] ({{langx|de|Amel}}) flows through the municipality.
Amel is the birthplace of [[Karl-Heinz Lambertz]], former leader ([[Minister-President]]) of the community executive of the [[German-speaking community of Belgium]].
==History==
In 716, the [[Battle of Amblève]], between [[Charles Martel]] with the [[Austrasia]]ns on one side and the joint forces of the [[Frisia]]ns and [[Neustria]]ns under [[Ragenfrid]] and [[Chilperic II]] on the other side, was the first victory for Charles Martel.
Amel was the site of heavy fighting during the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. On 17 December 1944, the [[333rd Field Artillery Battalion (United States)#Wereth 11 Massacre|Wereth Massacre]] took place when eleven soldiers of the [[African American]] [[333rd Field Artillery Battalion (United States)|333rd Field Artillery Battalion]] were tortured and executed by members of the [[1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler|1st SS Panzer Division ''Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'']]. A memorial to the ''Wereth 11'' was erected in the village in 1994.
[[File:Amel, Kirche Sankt Huberrtus oeg31027 IMG 7647 2023-08-28 14.48.jpg|thumb|Amel, church: Kirche Sankt Huberrtus|left|270px]]
[[File:Amel, straatzicht Kircheweg vanaf het plein bij de kerk IMG 7666 2023-08-28 14.51.jpg|thumb|Amel, streetview Kircheweg from the square in front of the church|center|240px]]
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==Villages==
[[File:DeidenbergKirche11 15h.JPG|thumb|Deidenberg Church]]
There are eighteen villages in Amel: Amel (village),<ref>[http://joomla.p175869.webspaceconfig.de/images/dorfkarten/dorfkarte_amel.pdf Amel map (PDF)]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Born, Belgium|Born]], Deidenberg, Eibertingen, Halenfeld, Heppenbach, Hepscheid, [[Herresbach, Belgium|Herresbach]],<ref>[http://joomla.p175869.webspaceconfig.de/images/dorfkarten/dorfkarte_herresbach.pdf Herresbach map (PDF)]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Iveldingen, Medell, Meyerode, Mirfeld, Möderscheid, Montenau, [[Schoppen]], Stephanshof, Valender and [[Wereth]].
==Sports==
The municipality's football club, KFC Grün-Weiß Amel, play in the [[Belgian Provincial Leagues|Liège Provincial League]] first tier (sixth tier overall).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.besoccer.com/team/kfc-grun-weiss-amel | title=Grün-Weiss Amel: All the info, news and results }}</ref><ref>[https://us.soccerway.com/teams/belgium/ambleve/39204/ KFC Grün-Weiss Amel on Soccerway]</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Amel]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.scholares.net/index.php?Gazetteer-Amel Gazetteer Entry]
* [http://www.amel.be/index.php?lang=DE Municipality of Amel website (German)]
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Amel
|N  = [[Waimes]], [[Bütgenbach]]
|E  = [[Büllingen]]
|S  = [[St. Vith]]
|W  = [[St. Vith]]
|NW = [[Malmedy]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
{{Authority control}}
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