Saint-Jean-Geest [sɛ̃ʒɑ̃ʒe] (en néerlandais Sint-Jans-Geest, en wallon Djihan-Djé) est une section de la commune belge de Jodoigne située en Région wallonne dans la province du Brabant wallon. À l'ouest de la section se trouve encore le village de Sainte-Marie-Geest. Saint-Jean-Geest était une commune à part entière avant la fusion des communes de 1977.
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La Vicomté Castle is a castle located in Wallonia in the municipality of Jodoigne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
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Sainte-Marie-Geest is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Jodoigne, district of Saint-Jean-Geest, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
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The Battle of Jodoigne, also called Battle of the River Guete, was fought on 20 October 1568 between the royal Habsburg army led by the Duke of Alba and a Protestant rebel army led by William of Orange. It resulted in a defeat for William of Orange, who had to abandon his plans of invading the Habsburg Netherlands.
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Jodoigne] ) is a municipality and city 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 which gives a population density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Dongelberg, Jauchelette, Jodoigne, Jodoigne-Souveraine, Lathuy, Piétrain, Saint-Jean-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 by Eugène Delporte.
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Château des Cailloux is a castle in Jodoigne, Wallonia, Belgium. It was built in a neo-renaissance style in 1881–1883. After a fire in 1952, the roof was rebuilt in a more simple fashion.
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