History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue Jef Devos

In Dutch: Jef Devosstraat

Rue Jef Devos, in Forest, has 38 buildings on the Atlas map, for 46 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 82% 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 – 194431
  • 1945 – 19697
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 55: 1933.

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
1925

Gaspar Jozef Devos (Hoeilaart 1857 – Forest 1935), commerçant et échevin de la commune de Forest de 1904 à 1932. (remark in French, as published)

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