History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Pierre Vandevoorde

In Dutch: Pierre Vandevoordestraat

Rue Pierre Vandevoorde, in Anderlecht, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 40 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 54% 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 – 194420
  • 1945 – 196915
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1980.

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
1938

Pierre Vandevoorde (1834-1908), conseiller communal et échevin d'Anderlecht de 1888 à 1891. (remark in French, as published)

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