History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue Emile Heylens

In Dutch: Emile Heylensstraat

Rue Emile Heylens, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 43 buildings on the Atlas map, for 45 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 65% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19697
  • 1970 – 198928
  • 1990 – 20097
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
First World War
Named in
1930

Emile Heylens (?-?) fut un ancien combattant victime de la guerre 1914-1918. (remark in French, as published)

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