History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Place Maurice Van Meenen

In Dutch: Maurice Van Meenenplein

Place Maurice Van Meenen, in Saint-Gilles, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 70% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191319
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 35: 1898. 20 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
1906

Maurice Van Meenen fut bourgmestre entre 1893 et 1896, ainsi que 1900 et 1909. ex. Place du Sud (remark in French, as published)

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

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