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Country
  
Belgium

Region
  
Wallonia

Postal codes
  
1370

Postal code
  
1370

Local time
  
Sunday 4:12 AM

Community
  
French Community

Arrondissement
  
Nivelles

Area codes
  
010

Population
  
13,612 (1 Jan 2012)

Province
  
Walloon Brabant

Jodoigne

Weather
  
4°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 82% Humidity

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Jodoigne ([ʒɔdɔɲ], Dutch: Geldenaken [ˈɣɛldǝˌnaːkǝ(n)]) is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Jodoigne had a total population of 12,440. The total area is 73.31 km² which gives a population density of 170 inhabitants per km².

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Map of Jodoigne, Belgium

The present municipality includes the nine villages of Piétrain, Saint-Jean-Geest, Saint-Remy-Geest, Zétrud-Lumay, Dongelberg, Mélin, Lathuy, Jodoigne-Souveraine and Jauchelette.

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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References

Jodoigne Wikipedia