History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Fransman

In Dutch: Fransmanstraat

Rue Fransman, in Brussels, has 109 buildings on the Atlas map, for 116 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 50% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191354
1914 – 194453
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 89: 1907. 5 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: 1882

Fransman (1837-1882) fut échevin laekenois en 1881. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives