History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Boulevard Jamar

In Dutch: Jamarlaan

Boulevard Jamar, in Saint-Gilles, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 46 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% 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 – 18799
1880 – 191321
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1969.

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: Belgian figure
Named in: 2001

Alexandre Jamar (1821-1888) est un homme politique. Il fut ministre des Travaux publics (1868-1870) et gouverneur de la Banque nationale (1882-1888). Ex. Place de la Constitution (remark in French, as published)

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