History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Frans Courtens

In Dutch: Frans Courtenslaan

Avenue Frans Courtens, in Schaerbeek, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 47 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 76% 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 – 194435
1945 – 19690
1970 – 198910
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 94: 1928. 35 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1925

Franz Courtens (1854-1943), Artiste peintre belge ' plein-airiste ' de paysages, marines et figures, chef de file de l’Ecole de Termonde. (remark in French, as published)

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