History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Clemenceau

In Dutch: Clemenceaulaan

Avenue Clemenceau, in Anderlecht, has 113 buildings on the Atlas map, for 122 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187966
1880 – 191339
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1874. 12 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: Foreign figure
Named in: 1919

Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), homme politique radical-socialiste français, ministre de l'Intérieur puis président du Conseil, il dirige l’un des plus longs gouvernements de la IIIe République. Un des principaux négociateurs du Traité de Versailles. (1918-1919). Ex. rue d'Allemagne (devenue rue des Belges en août 1914). (remark in French, as published)

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