History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Louis De Gunst

In Dutch: Louis De Gunststraat

Rue Louis De Gunst, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 10 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 63% 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 – 19445
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 11: 1927. 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
First World War
Named in
1928

Louis De Gunst (?-?) fut commandant des sapeurs-pompiers et mourut à la guerre entre 1914 et 1918. (remark in French, as published)

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