History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Buffon

In Dutch: Buffonstraat

Rue Buffon, in Anderlecht, has 89 buildings on the Atlas map, for 91 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 65% 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 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 196958
1970 – 198929
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 72: 1961.

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: Scientists
Named in: 1925

Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707 – 1788) est naturaliste, mathématicien, biologiste, philosophe et écrivain français, auteur d'une monumentale Histoire naturelle. (remark in French, as published)

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