History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue Jean François Leemans

In Dutch: Jean François Leemanslaan

Avenue Jean François Leemans, in Auderghem, has 89 buildings on the Atlas map, for 91 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 49% 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 – 19695
1970 – 19890
1990 – 200944
since 201040

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 58: 1956. 5 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: 1956

Jean-François Leemans (1891-1914) était domestique dans la commune lorsqu'il fut mobilisé. Il mourut dans le Limbourg. (remark in French, as published)

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