History of a street · 1020 Brussels
Rue Jean Heymans
In Dutch: Jean Heymansstraat
Rue Jean Heymans, in Brussels, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 76% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19130
- 1914 – 194416
- 1945 – 19694
- 1970 – 19890
- 1990 – 20091
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1932. 7 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
- Arts and culture
- Named in
- 1905
'La rue est baptisée en l’honneur du compositeur de musique Jean Léopold Heymans, né à Bruxelles en 1836 et décédé à Laeken en 1904' (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives