History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Lens

In Dutch: Lensstraat

Rue Lens, in Brussels, has 9 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 67% 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 – 19136
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1935. 2 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: 1874

Andries Cornelis Lens (1739-1822) est un peintre anversois. Ex. rue des Fontainiers (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives