History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Jean-Baptiste Depaire

In Dutch: Jean-Baptiste Depairelaan

Avenue Jean-Baptiste Depaire, in Brussels, has 145 buildings on the Atlas map, for 148 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 70% 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 – 19443
1945 – 19693
1970 – 1989101
1990 – 200933
since 20105

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1935. 6 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: Scientists
Named in: 1932

Le docteur Jean-Baptiste Depaire (1824-1910) était chercheur en pharmaceutique, professeur à l'ULB et en fut également le recteur. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives