History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Aimé Smekens

In Dutch: Aimé Smekensstraat

Rue Aimé Smekens, in Schaerbeek, has 67 buildings on the Atlas map, for 69 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 46% 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 – 19440
1945 – 196930
1970 – 198931
1990 – 20096
since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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: First World War
Named in: 1930

La rue est nommée en hommage à Aimé Smekens, né en 1868 et mort fusillé en 1917. Il joua un rôle important dans le résistance durant la Première Guerre mondiale en mettant en place la surveillance du trafic militaire allemand dans la gare de Schaerbeek et ce, pour les Britanniques. (remark in French, as published)

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