Jodoigne (Dutch: Geldenaken) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1st, 2004 Jodoigne had a total population of 11,896 (5,732 males and 6,164 females). The total area is 73.31 km² which gives a population density of 162.26 inhabitants per km². A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The current mayor of Jodoigne, Louis Michel, a liberalpolitician was the Belgian foreign minister until 2004 and is now the Belgian European commissioner. A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Louis Michel Louis Michel (born September 2, 1947) was until July 2004 the Belgian foreign minister. ... Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ...