History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue Jean-Baptiste Desmeth

In Dutch: Jan-Baptist Desmethstraat

Rue Jean-Baptiste Desmeth, in Evere, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 41 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 73% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198927
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20104

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
Local notables
Named in
1910

Jean-Baptiste Desmeth (1831-1891), cc 1873 (remark in French, as published)

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