Jodoigne

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the coat of arms of the Jodoigne municipality
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the coat of arms of the Jodoigne municipality

Jodoigne (Dutch: Geldenaken) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Jodoigne had a total population of 12,440. The total area is 73.31 km² which gives a population density of 170 inhabitants per km².

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

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

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Coordinates: 50°43′N 4°52′E