History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue François Vekemans

In Dutch: Frans Vekemansstraat

Rue François Vekemans, in Brussels, has 136 buildings on the Atlas map, for 165 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 68% 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 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 200992
since 201042

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 53: 1969. 2 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: 1922

François Vekemans (?-?) est un agriculteur du XVIIIe siècle qui aurait été le premier en Brabant à avoir cultivé la pomme de terre, en 1736. ex. rue du Rossignol (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives