History of a street · 1090 Jette

Rue Eugène Toussaint

In Dutch: Eugène Toussaintstraat

Rue Eugène Toussaint, in Jette, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 41 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 70% 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 – 19693
1970 – 198926
1990 – 20097
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 8: 1966. 3 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

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.