History of a street · 1090 Jette

Rue Ongena

In Dutch: Ongenastraat

Rue Ongena, in Jette, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19449
1945 – 196913
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 12: 1989.

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

Félix Ongena, brasseur, cc entre 1899 et 1904 (remark in French, as published)

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