• Source: Jodoigne

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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Media related to Jodoigne at Wikimedia Commons
Jodoigne official web site (in French)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Charles Michel
• Daftar kota-kota di Belgia
• Daftar kode pos di Belgia
• Daftar kota di Walonia
• Jodoigne
• Duchy of Brabant
• Battle of Jodoigne
• Jodoigne-Souveraine
• Jean-Richard Geurts
• Walloon Brabant
• Meanings of minor-planet names: 1001–2000
• Dyle (department)
• Sainte-Marie-Geest
• Jacob van Thienen