History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue Georges Simpson

In Dutch: Georges Simpsonstraat

Rue Georges Simpson, in Ganshoren, has 58 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 74% 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 – 194410
  • 1945 – 196943
  • 1970 – 19895
  • 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

Georges Simpson (1890-1914), employé mort lors des combats de Schiplaken. (remark in French, as published)

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