History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Adolphe Willemyns

In Dutch: Adolphe Willemynsstraat

Rue Adolphe Willemyns, in Anderlecht, has 187 buildings on the Atlas map, for 211 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 8 periods, from the 1800s to the 2020s. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18792
  • 1880 – 19134
  • 1914 – 194427
  • 1945 – 196939
  • 1970 – 198959
  • 1990 – 200950
  • since 20105

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 105: 1956.

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
1932

Adolphe Willemyns (?-?), conseiller communal d'Anderlecht. (remark in French, as published)

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