Jodoigne

Jodoigne (Dutch: Geldenaken) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1 2005 Jodoigne had a total population of 12,193. The total area is 73.31 km² which gives a population density of 166.31 inhabitants per km².

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The current mayor of Jodoigne, Louis Michel, a liberal politician was the Belgian foreign minister until 2004 and is now the Belgian European commissioner.

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The asteroid 1199 Geldonia was named in its honour (from the Latin form of the name) by Eug?ne Delporte, who was born here.

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