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.[1]
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  Location within Brussels   Avenue Fonsny (Belgium) | |
| Location | Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
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| Coordinates | 50°50′01″N 04°20′07″E / 50.83361°N 4.33528°E |
One entry to Brussels-South railway station is on the Avenue Fonsny. The street also runs parallel to railway line 96.
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References
edit- ^ "Avenue Fonsny – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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