History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Général Leman

In Dutch: Generaal Lemanstraat

Rue Général Leman, in Etterbeek, has 103 buildings on the Atlas map, for 141 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 86% 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 – 187910
  • 1880 – 191389
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 101: 1862. 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
First World War
Named in
1914

Gérard-Mathieu Leman (1851-1920), militaire aux forts de Liège lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. (remark in French, as published)

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