Municipality in French Community, Belgium
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 .
Château Pastur, a former residence of Henry I of Brabant , now the hôtel de ville of Jodoigne
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