History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Avenue des Missionnaires

In Dutch: Missionarissenlaan

Avenue des Missionnaires, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 78% of its buildings appear in that period.

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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 – 19692
  • 1970 – 198918
  • 1990 – 20093
  • 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
Religion
Named in
1922

Les missionnaires étaient les membres de mission en terre non chrétienne. Leur mission consistait entre autre à apporter les enseignements de la religion chrétienne aux populations locales. Cette rue se situe à proximité du couvent des Missionnaires de Scheut. (remark in French, as published)

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