Jodoigne Explained

Jodoigne
Map:Jodoigne Brabant-Wallon Belgium Map.svg
Map-Legend:The municipality of Jodoigne in Walloon Brabant
Arms:Jodoigne wapen.svg
Flag:Jodoigne flag.svg
Arrondissement:Nivelles
Nis:25048
Mayor:Jean-Luc Meurice (MR)
Majority:Union Communale
Postal-Codes:1370
Telephone-Area:010
Web:www.jodoigne.be
Coordinates:50.7167°N 56°W

Jodoigne (in French pronounced as /ʒɔdɔɲ/;[1] Dutch; Flemish: Geldenaken in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈɣɛldəˌnaːkə(n)/; Walloon: Djodogne in Walloon pronounced as /d͡ʒɔ.ˈdɔɲ/) 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 which gives a population density of .

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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Notes and References

  1. As if it were spelled Jodogne; pronounced as /ʒɔdwaɲ/ is considered erroneous.