History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue Benjamin Jansen

In Dutch: Benjamin Jansenlaan

Avenue Benjamin Jansen, in Auderghem, has 34 buildings on the Atlas map, for 36 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196915
  • 1970 – 198917
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Commemorative name
Theme
First World War
Named in
1931

Benjamin Louis Jansen (1887-1918), ingénieur civil et militaire durant la Première Guerre mondiale. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.