History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Capitaine Fossoul

In Dutch: Kapitein Fossoullaan

Avenue Capitaine Fossoul, in Anderlecht, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 46 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 46% 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 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19694
1970 – 198921
1990 – 200916
since 20105

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1959. 3 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: Second World War
Named in: 1945

Le capitaine Georges Fossoul (1884 – 1945) dirigea le corps des pompiers place du Conseil à Anderlecht de 1919 à 1940. Franc-maçon et démocrate, il s'engagea dans la résistance pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Déporté, décédé à Buchenwald. (remark in French, as published)

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