History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Anatole France

In Dutch: Anatole Francestraat

Rue Anatole France, in Schaerbeek, has 97 buildings on the Atlas map, for 120 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 48% 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 – 194447
1945 – 196942
1970 – 19897
1990 – 20091
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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1924

Anatole France est un écrivain français né à la mi XIXe siècle. Il est également considéré comme un des plus grands critiques littéraires de son époque. Il est également très engagé dans de nombreuses causes sociales et politiques du début du XXe siècle. Son engagement le plus connu est celui visant à innocenter Alfred Dreyfus. Il gagna le prix Nobel de littérature en 1921. (remark in French, as published)

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