History of a street · 1090 Jette

Avenue Vincent Vandermaelen

In Dutch: Vincent Vandermaelenlaan

Avenue Vincent Vandermaelen, in Jette, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 50% 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 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20097
  • since 20107

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
Named in
1957

Vincent Vandermaerlen (1908-1943), technicien radio, résistant, a été fusillé à Breendonk lors de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale suite à ses activités au sein du groupe de résistant de Jacques Storck. (remark in French, as published)

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