History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Gustave Defnet

In Dutch: Gustave Defnetstraat

Rue Gustave Defnet, in Saint-Gilles, has 60 buildings on the Atlas map, for 80 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% 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 – 191336
1914 – 194416
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20093
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 70: 1907. 24 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

Gustave Defnet (1858-1904) fut échevin de la localité et un fondateur du Parti Ouvrier Belge. (remark in French, as published)

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