History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Avenue Jean Volders

In Dutch: Jean Volderslaan

Avenue Jean Volders, in Saint-Gilles, has 42 buildings on the Atlas map, for 83 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 57% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191324
1914 – 19446
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20094
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 49: 1908. 26 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: Belgian figure

Jean Volders (1855 - 1896) était un promoteur du suffrage universel et du Mouvement ouvrier. (remark in French, as published)

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