History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue Léopold Demesmaeker

In Dutch: Léopold Demesmaekerstraat

Rue Léopold Demesmaeker, in Ganshoren, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 20 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 75% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198912
  • 1990 – 20093
  • 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
First World War
Named in
1920

Léopold Demesmaeker (1892-1914) est né dans la commune et mort à Ougrée. Il était soldat. (remark in French, as published)

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