History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Yvonne Nèvejean

In Dutch: Yvonne Nèvejeanstraat

Rue Yvonne Nèvejean, in Brussels, has 5 buildings on the Atlas map, for 10 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 80% 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 – 19134
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
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: Second World War
Named in: 2019

Yvonne Nèvejean (1900-1987) fut résistante pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Elle fut la directrice de l'Œuvre nationale de l'enfance et contribua, avec le réseau constitué autour d'Yvonne et Hertz Jospa, à sauver la vie de 4 000 enfants Juifs en leur procurant de fausses identités et en les cachant. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives