History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Quai Fernand Demets

In Dutch: Fernand Demetskaai

Quai Fernand Demets, in Anderlecht, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 31 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, 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 – 19449
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 62: 1935.

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: 1933

Ferdinand Charles Gustave (Fernand) Demets (1884-1952), fut un industriel, bourgmestre d'Anderlecht, parlementaire, ministre, gouverneur de la province de Brabant et co-président du Libérale Partij Parti Libéral (1940-1944). (remark in French, as published)

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