Sainte-Marie-Geest

Zétrud-Lumay (Dutch: Zittert-Lummen; Walloon: Séntru) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jodoigne, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Saint-Remy-Geest (Dutch: Sint-Remigius-Geest; Walloon: Djé-Sint-Rmey) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jodoigne, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Jodoigne (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɔdɔɲ], Dutch: Geldenaken [ˈɣɛldəˌnaːkə(n)]; Walloon: Djodogne) is a city and municipality 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 (28.31 sq mi) which gives a population density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre (440/sq mi). The municipality consists of the following districts: Dongelberg, Jauchelette, Jodoigne, Jodoigne-Souveraine, Lathuy, 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 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 (from the Latin form of the name) by Eugène Delporte.

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.

Zétrud-Lumay Castle is a castle located in Wallonia in the village of Zétrud-Lumay, which is part of the municipality Jodoigne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

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.

Jodoigne-Souveraine (Walloon: Djodogne Sovrinne) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jodoigne, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The village lies next to the Great Gette.

Piétrain (Dutch: Petrem; Walloon: Pîtrin) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jodoigne, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The village Herbais lies south of the sub-municipality.

Hoegaarden (Dutch: [ˈɦuɣaːrdə(n)] (listen)) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Hoegaarden proper, Meldert and Outgaarden. On January 1, 2006, Hoegaarden had a total population of 6,225. The total area is 33.93 square kilometres (13.10 square miles) which gives a population density of 183 inhabitants per km².

Lathuy (Dutch: Laatwijk; Walloon: Låtu) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jodoigne, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

L'Écluse (Dutch: Sluizen; Walloon: Scluze) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Beauvechain, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium.It was a municipality in its own right before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.

The Battle of Roosebeke (sometimes referred by its contemporary name as Battle of Westrozebeke) took place on 27 November 1382 on the Goudberg between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders who had called upon the help of the French king Charles VI after he had suffered a defeat during the Battle of Beverhoutsveld. The Flemish army was defeated, Philip van Artevelde was slain and his corpse was put on display.