Editing Aywaille

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège Province, Belgium}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Aywaille
|native_name={{native_name|wa|Aiwêye}}
|picture=Aywaille JPG01.jpg
|picture-legend=The Amblève in Aywaille
|map=Aywaille Liège Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Aywaille in Liège province
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|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-LG}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Liège|Liège]]
|nis=62009
|pyramid-date=
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|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=Thierry Carpentier
|majority=
|postal-codes=4920
|telephone-area=04
|web=[http://www.aywaille.be/ www.aywaille.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|28|N|05|40|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
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'''Aywaille''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛwaj}}; {{langx|wa|Aiwêye}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Liège Province|province of Liège]], [[Belgium]].

On 1 January 2012, Aywaille had a total population of 11,697. The total area is 80.04&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 146 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Commune d'Aywaille: coordonnées, bourgmestre, coalition, population et superficie|url = http://www.uvcw.be/communes/infos-com-816-commune-d-aywaille.htm|website = www.uvcw.be|access-date = 2015-11-03}}</ref> Its area consists of 45.7% of wooded and wild country, 29.9% of agricultural areas and 24.4% of built-up areas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Commune d'Aywaille ...|url = http://www.aywaille.be/WEBSITE/BEUK/01/Presentation01.php|website = www.aywaille.be|access-date = 2015-11-03}}</ref>

The inhabitants of Aywaille are called the "Aqualiens", from the Latin version of Aywaille "Aqualia loca", which means "area full of water" or "muddy land".<ref name=":0" />

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: Aywaille, [[Ernonheid]], [[Harzé]], and [[Sougné-Remouchamps]]. They include many villages as Aywaille, Awan, Chambralles, Deigné, Ernonheid, Paradis, Houssonloge, Pouhon, Harzé, Havelange, Kin, Stoqueu, Martinrive, [[Nonceveux]], Playe, Quarreux, Sedoz, Septroux, Sougné, Remouchamps, Ville-au-Bois.<ref name=":0" />

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="190">
File:Sougne-Remouchamps, spoorbrug over de Rue de Trois Ponts foto7 2017-03-27 12.54.jpg|Sougne-Remouchamps,  railway bridge across the Rue de Trois Ponts
File:Dieupart, l'église des Saints-Anges oeg62009-CLT-0005-01 foto6 2017-03-27 12.38.jpg|Dieupart, church: l'église des Saints-Anges
File:Deigné, l'église Saint-Joseph in dorpszicht IMG 9749 2019-06-02 13.21.jpg|Deigné, church (l'église Saint-Joseph) in the village
File:Martinrive, zicht op l'Amblève IMG 9768 2019-06-02 14.24.jpg|Martinrive, the Amblève
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Aywaille]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Aywaille
|N  = [[Sprimont]]
|E  = [[Theux]]
|SE = [[Stoumont]]
|S  = [[Ferrières, Belgium|Ferrières]]
|W  = [[Ferrières, Belgium|Ferrières]]
|NW = [[Comblain-au-Pont]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Liège Province]]
[[Category:Segni (tribe)]]