Avenue Fonsny

The Avenue Fonsny (French) or Fonsnylaan (Dutch) is a major street in the Saint-Gilles municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It connects the Place de la Constitution/Grondwetplein on the south-west of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) to the municipality of Forest, where it is continued by the Avenue Van Volxem/Van Volxemlaan. It bears the name of a former mayor of Saint-Gilles, Jean-Toussaint Fonsny.

One entry to Brussels-South railway station is on the Avenue Fonsny. The street also runs parallel to railway line 96.

See also

• List of streets in Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Belgium in the long nineteenth century

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External links

• Media related to Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan (Saint-Gilles) at Wikimedia Commons