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Huppaye (in Walloon Oupaye) is a village a few kilometers away south of the city of Jodoigne. Today, it is part of the Belgian commune of Ramillies, in the province of Brabant (walloon region of Belgium). It was a full commune before the communes’ fusion in 1977.

Huppaye merged with Jodoigne for a short time under the French regime but was erected as a full commune in 1795. He was attached to the village of Molembais-Saint-Pierre the 12 of November 1811.

The silty land of Hesbaye caracterize the most landscapes of this village.

The neighbooring entities of Huppaye are : Autre-Eglise, Bomal, Jauchelette, Jodoigne and Jodoigne-Souveraine. Huppaye was part of Jodoigne as well as the hamlet of Molembais-Saint-Pierre which was joined to Huppaye in 1811. The Saint-Jean’s river and the ri of Gottaux are two streams flowing to The Scheldt.

Huppaye and Molembais are already quoted the XIe century. Their destiny are often confused during history, which is linked to the Jodoigne’s one. Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s church was erected in 1600 for the first time, at the same place where the current church is, which date from 1766. Before, the parish depended of Saint-Médard in Jodoigne.