Editing Jodoigne

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Jodoigne
|native_name     = {{native_name|wa|Djodogne}}
|picture         = Jodoigne JPG02b.jpg
|picture-legend  = 
|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  = [[Arrondissement of Nivelles|Nivelles]]
|nis             = 25048
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date =
|mayor           = Jean-Luc Meurice ([[Reformist Movement|MR]])
|majority        = Union Communale
|postal-codes    = 1370
|telephone-area  = 010
|web             = [http://www.jodoigne.be/ www.jodoigne.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|43|N|04|52|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Jodoigne''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɔdɔɲ|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Jodoigne.wav}};<!--As if it were spelled ''Jodogne''; /ʒɔdwaɲ/ is considered erroneous.--> {{langx|wa|Djodogne}} {{IPA|wa|dʒɔdɔɲ||Wa Djodogne.ogg}}; {{langx|nl|Geldenaken}} {{IPA|nl|ˈɣɛldəˌnaːkə(n)|}}) is a city and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Walloon Brabant|province of Walloon Brabant]], Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, Jodoigne had a total population of 12,440. The total area is {{cvt|73.31|km2}} which gives a [[population density]] of {{convert|170|pd/sqkm}}.

The municipality consists of the following districts: [[Dongelberg]], [[Jauchelette]], Jodoigne,  [[Jodoigne-Souveraine]], [[Lathuy]], [[Piétrain, Belgium|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 [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] defeated a [[Dutch Revolt|Dutch rebel]] force under [[William the Silent]].

The previous [[mayor]] of Jodoigne, [[Louis Michel]], a [[political liberalism|liberal]] [[politician]] was the [[Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs|Belgian foreign minister]] from 1999 until 2004 and was the Belgian [[European Commission|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]].

[[File:Jodoigne JPG02c.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Château Pastur, a former residence of [[Henry I of Brabant]], now the ''hôtel de ville'' of Jodoigne]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.jodoigne.be/ Jodoigne official web site] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jodoigne
|N  = [[Hoegaarden]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]])
|E  = [[Hélécine]]
|SE = [[Orp-Jauche]]
|S  = [[Ramillies, Belgium|Ramillies]]
|W  = [[Incourt, Belgium|Incourt]]
|NW = [[Beauvechain]]
}}
{{Walloon Brabant}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Jodoigne| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Wallonia]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Walloon Brabant]]

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