History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue François Beeckmans

In Dutch: François Beeckmansstraat

Rue François Beeckmans, in Ganshoren, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 66% 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 – 19446
  • 1945 – 196923
  • 1970 – 19896
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
1920

François Beeckmans (1893- ?) tombé au champ d'honneur à une date inconnue. Décision de décès établie en 1925. Ouvrier des chemins de fer (remark in French, as published)

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