History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Avenue Mathieu De Jonge

In Dutch: Mathieu De Jongelaan

Avenue Mathieu De Jonge, in Ganshoren, has 36 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 67% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198924
  • 1990 – 20099
  • since 20102

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
Second World War

Mathieu De Jonge (1911-1944), avocat, habitant Ganshoren, résistant belge, décédé en 1944 au camp de Mauthausen. (remark in French, as published)

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