History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Léon Debatty

In Dutch: Léon Debattylaan

Avenue Léon Debatty, in Anderlecht, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 33 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 52% 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 – 19699
  • 1970 – 198915
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
1929

Léon Debatty (1884-1927) était écrivain et surtout critique littéraire. N'hésitant pas à démonter les plus grands, sa réputation lui attirera l'admiration de la jeunesse et les ires des plus anciens. Il passera également sa vie a offrir des tremplins aux jeunes auteurs, tels que Georges Simenon, Stanislas-André Steeman ou Roger Bodart. (remark in French, as published)

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