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Jodoigne

Djodogne  (Walloon)
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Flag of Jodoigne
Flag
Coat of arms of Jodoigne
Coat of arms
Jodoigne is located in Belgium
Jodoigne
Jodoigne
Location in Belgium
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region Wallonia
Province Walloon Brabant
Arrondissement Nivelles
Area
 • Total 73.31 km2 (28.31 sq mi)
Population
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Postal codes
1370
Area codes 010
Website www.jodoigne.be

Jodoigne (French: [ʒɔdɔɲ]; Walloon: Djodogne [dʒɔdɔɲ]; Dutch: Geldenaken [ˈɣɛldəˌnaːkə(n)]) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, Jodoigne had a total population of 12,440. The total area is 73.31 km2 (28.31 sq mi) which gives a population density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre (440/sq mi).

The municipality consists of the following districts: Dongelberg, Jauchelette, Jodoigne, Jodoigne-Souveraine, Lathuy, Piétrain, Saint-Jean-Geest (including the hamlet of Sainte-Marie-Geest), Saint-Remy-Geest, and Zétrud-Lumay.

In the 1568 Battle of Jodoigne, one of the early battles of the Eighty Years' War, the Spanish Duke of Alba defeated a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.

The previous mayor of Jodoigne, Louis Michel, a liberal politician was the Belgian foreign minister from 1999 until 2004 and was the Belgian European commissioner from 2004 until 2009. The current mayor is Jean-Paul Wahl.

The asteroid 1199 Geldonia was named in its honour (from the Latin form of the name) by Eugène Delporte.

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Château Pastur, a former residence of Henry I of Brabant, now the hôtel de ville of Jodoigne
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