History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue de la Gérance

In Dutch: Beheerstraat

Rue de la Gérance, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 50% 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 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19897
  • 1990 – 20098
  • since 20101

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues

La gérance représente bien le fait d'organiser le bon fonctionnement d'un commerce ou d'une entreprise. La rue se situe cependant à côté de la rue de l'Initiative. Il semble donc que l'intention ici soit moralisatrice. (remark in French, as published)

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