History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue Eugène Toussaint

In Dutch: Eugène Toussaintstraat

Rue Eugène Toussaint, in Ganshoren, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 27 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 96% 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 – 19690
1970 – 198924
1990 – 20090
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: Second World War
Named in: 1965

Eugène Toussaint (1888-1944) accepta à plusieurs reprises qu'un radiotélégraphiste diffuse des messages de propagande et de sabotage depuis son domicile. Il est arrêté en 1942, déporté en 1943 et assassiné le 7 juin 1944. (remark in French, as published)

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