History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Lefrancq

In Dutch: Lefrancqstraat

Rue Lefrancq, in Schaerbeek, has 73 buildings on the Atlas map, for 75 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 95% 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 – 18792
1880 – 191369
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 13: 1866. 4 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: Local notables
Named in: 1874

Prosper Lefrancq (1808-1867) fut échevin de la commune. (remark in French, as published)

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