History of a street · 1190 Forest

Avenue Brugmann

In Dutch: Brugmannlaan

Avenue Brugmann, in Forest, has 120 buildings on the Atlas map, for 136 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 77% 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 – 191392
1914 – 194419
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20092
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 48: 1892. 43 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: 1873

Georges Brugmann (1829-1900) banquier, investisseur et consul. A soutenu le développement d'infrastructures de communication (chemins de fer belges, tramways bruxellois), le développement industriel du Congo, la création d'hôpitaux (dont l'hôpital qui porte aujourd'hui son nom) et de plusieurs quartiers à Bruxelles. (remark in French, as published)

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