History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Fernand Bernier

In Dutch: Fernand Bernierstraat

Rue Fernand Bernier, in Saint-Gilles, has 67 buildings on the Atlas map, for 85 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 – 18791
1880 – 191355
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 87: 1902. 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

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Local notables
Named in: 1193

Fernand Bernier (1864 - 1929) fut bourgmestre de la localité de Saint-Gilles pendant moins de 12 mois, en 1929, année de son décès. ex. avenue du bourgmestre. (remark in French, as published)

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