History of a street · 1090 Jette

Rue Gustave Van Huynegem

In Dutch: Gustave Van Huynegemstraat

Rue Gustave Van Huynegem, in Jette, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 56% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19699
1970 – 19895
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 30: 1926.

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 Van Huynegem (1867-1940) fut bourgmestre de la commune de 1927 à 1940. Au cours de cette période, l'urbanisation de la partie après les chemins de fer s'organisa et l'enseignement officiel au niveau de la commune se développa considérablement par la construction de plusieurs écoles. (remark in French, as published)

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