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.