History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Avenue François Sebrechts

In Dutch: François Sebrechtslaan

Avenue François Sebrechts, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 33 buildings on the Atlas map, for 46 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 48% 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 – 198916
  • 1990 – 200914
  • 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
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Local notables

François Sebrects (?-?) fut échevin de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean entre 1950 et 1960. dénomination adoptée sous la majorité du bourg socialiste Edmond Machtens, décédé en 1978. (remark in French, as published)

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