History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue des Francs

In Dutch: Frankenstraat

Rue des Francs, in Etterbeek, has 55 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 82% 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 – 191345
  • 1914 – 19445
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 10: 1888. 20 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

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Ce nom évoque la présence attestée d'un peuple gaulois sur le territoire belge. (remark in French, as published)

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

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