History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue des Franchises

In Dutch: Vrijdommenstraat

Rue des Franchises, in Ganshoren, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 53% 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 – 19131
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19699
1970 – 19897
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 11: 1889.

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Theme: Historical references

Une franchise représente une liberté, un droit exclusif qui peut être donné par charte à une personne ou à une ville tout entière. Lorsque l'avenue Charles Quint fut créée, la commune a souhaité faire revivre le passé médiéval de la région. (remark in French, as published)

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