History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles
Rue Fontainas
In Dutch: Fontainasstraat
Rue Fontainas, in Saint-Gilles, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 14% appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19133
- 1914 – 194411
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19891
- 1990 – 20097
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 3: 1906. 8 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
- 1871
André-Napoléon Fontainas (1807-1863) fut bourgmestre de Bruxelles. La 'Courte rue Fontainas' est créée le 28/02/1871, (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
