History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Avenue Jacques Sermon

In Dutch: Jacques Sermonlaan

Avenue Jacques Sermon, in Ganshoren, has 58 buildings on the Atlas map, for 63 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, 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 – 194428
  • 1945 – 196929
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 33: 1914. 4 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
First World War
Named in
1927

Jacques Sermon (1886-1914) est né à Bruxelles et mort à Melle. Il était artilleur. (remark in French, as published)

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