History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Boulevard Emile Jacqmain

In Dutch: Emile Jacqmainlaan

Boulevard Emile Jacqmain, in Brussels, has 43 buildings on the Atlas map, for 86 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 53% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187913
  • 1880 – 191310
  • 1914 – 19445
  • 1945 – 19693
  • 1970 – 19896
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 127: 1873. 12 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
Named in
1918

Emile Jacqmain (1860 – 1933) fut échevin libéral de l'instruction publique et fut déporté par les Allemands en 1917. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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