History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Paul Deschanel

In Dutch: Paul Deschanellaan

Avenue Paul Deschanel, in Schaerbeek, has 156 buildings on the Atlas map, for 189 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 47% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 37% 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 – 191357
1914 – 194474
1945 – 19698
1970 – 19898
1990 – 20096
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 73: 1922. 60 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: Foreign figure
Named in: 1912

Paul Deschanel, né à Schaerbeek en 1855, décédé à Paris en 1922. Président de la Chambre des Représentants de France (1898-1902, 1912-1920). Président de la République Française en 1920. Ecrivain d’expression française. Membre de l’Académie Française. (remark in French, as published)

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