History of a street · 1090 Jette

Rue Vanderborght

In Dutch: Vanderborghtstraat

Rue Vanderborght, in Jette, has 167 buildings on the Atlas map, for 168 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% 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 – 19133
1914 – 194483
1945 – 196974
1970 – 19895
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 186: 1906. 4 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: Local notables
Named in: 1880

Daniel-Nicolas Vanderborght (1813-1882) fut bourgmestre de Jette de 1879 jusqu'en 1882. Lors de son mandat, il fit ouvrir la première école communale laïque de la commune. (remark in French, as published)

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