History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue de Genève

In Dutch: Genèvestraat

Rue de Genève, in Evere, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 35% 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 – 19445
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19896
1990 – 20090
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 484: 1928. 6 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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: Symbolic name
Theme: Regions and countries
Named in: 1926

C'est à Genève que fut fondée la Croix-Rouge par Henri Dunant, dont le nom est honoré par une avenue donnant sur la rue de Genève. (remark in French, as published)

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