History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue René Henry

In Dutch: René Henrystraat

Rue René Henry, in Anderlecht, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1800s to the 1970s. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18495
  • 1850 – 187910
  • 1880 – 191310
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • 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
1918

René Henry (-1917) fut conseiller communal d'Anderlecht et est décédé en captivité durant la Première Guerre mondiale. La plaque odonymique de la rue ne précise pas si René Henry fut mobilisé, volontaire ou résistant. (remark in French, as published)

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