History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Jean Baptiste François Denys

In Dutch: Jean Baptiste François Denysstraat

Rue Jean Baptiste François Denys, in Anderlecht, has 42 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 52% 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 – 196916
  • 1970 – 198922
  • 1990 – 20094
  • 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
Local notables
Named in
1950

Jean-Baptiste François Denys (1817-1901) fut instituteur. Il a été le premier instituteur de l'enseignement officiel de la commune d'Anderlecht après l'indépendance du pays. (remark in French, as published)

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