Amby, Maastricht
Neighbourhood & former municipality in Netherlands, Limburg, Maastricht / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the town in Australia, see Amby, Queensland.
A former village, Amby is now a neighborhood (part 25) of Maastricht, in the Netherlands, located about 4 km northeast of the center of the city.
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Amby | |
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neighbourhood & former municipality | |
Municipality | Maastricht |
Province | Limburg |
Country | Netherlands |
Area | |
• Total | 447 ha (1,105 acres) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,565 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
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From January 2, 1839, to July 1, 1970, Amby existed as a separate municipality. As of 2017, it had a total population of 6,565.[1]
In November 2008, an amateur archaeologist discovered in a field 2 meters out of Amby the largest ever found Celtic gold and silver treasure in the Netherlands. Archaeologists from Maastricht and the VU University Amsterdam recovered 70 silver and 39 golden coins which dates back to the 1st century before Christ.