History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue James Ensor

In Dutch: James Ensorstraat

Rue James Ensor, in Anderlecht, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 57% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196915
  • 1970 – 198921
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

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
Arts and culture
Named in
1929

James Ensor (1860-1949) est un peintre anarchiste belge. En 1883, il est un des membres fondateurs du groupe bruxellois d'avant-garde Les Vingt. (remark in French, as published)

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