Herresbach (Village center with St. Gangolf's Catholic church) Herresbach is a village in the

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Amel Amel (; , ) is a Belgian municipality in the Walloon province of Liège, and is part of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (). On 1 January 2013, the municipality of Amel had a total population of 5,466. The total area is 125.15 km ...

within the administrative St. Vith canton in the province of

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and is part of the

German-speaking Community of Belgium The German-speaking Community (, , DG), also known as East Belgium ( ), is one of the three Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, federal communities of Belgium. The community is composed of nine municipalities in Liège Province, ...

(). With a population of 223 (January, 2013) Herresbach is one of the smaller villages of the Amel community, lies about 5 miles (7 km.) southeast of Amel village and is separated from the adjacent villages in the Amel community by extensive woodlands. In 1977 Herresbach was part of the Meyerode community that was combined with Amel.

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Information about the individual villages in the community of Amel
(German) Amel {{Liege-geo-stub