History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Boulevard Edmond Machtens

In Dutch: Edmond Machtenslaan

Boulevard Edmond Machtens, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 76 buildings on the Atlas map, for 125 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 46% 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 – 196911
  • 1970 – 198935
  • 1990 – 200922
  • since 20108

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1952. 9 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
Local notables

Edmond Machtens (1902-1978) fut bourgmestre de Molenbeek de 1939 à 1978. (remark in French, as published)

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