History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue de Formanoir

In Dutch: de Formanoirstraat

Rue de Formanoir, in Anderlecht, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 35 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 77% 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 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18792
  • 1880 – 191323
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 14: 1926.

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
1922

Charles-Adrien-Auguste, chevalier de Formanoir de la Cazerie (1777-1862) fut bourgmestre d'Anderlecht de 1836 à 1842. Aménagement du quartier de la Roue (remark in French, as published)

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

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