History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Avenue De Roovere

In Dutch: De Rooverelaan

Avenue De Roovere, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 40% 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 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20103

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
Local notables

L'avenue De Roovere longe le Parc Marie-José aménagé sur l'ancien domaine d'Oostendael propriété de la famille De Roovere rachetée par la commune. (remark in French, as published)

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