History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue Coghen

In Dutch: Coghenlaan

Avenue Coghen, in Uccle, has 206 buildings on the Atlas map, for 217 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 50% 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 – 194482
1945 – 1969104
1970 – 198911
1990 – 20096
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 127: 1927. 16 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

Cet axe tracé sur un terrain marécageux qui appartenait à la propriété Coghen. Financier important, le comte Jacques-André Coghen (1791-1858) a été sénateur et Ministre des Finances du premier gouvernement mis en place par Léopold I. Il habitait le château de Wolvendael. L'avenue et le square furent tracés sur l'initiative de la comtesse Coghen. ex. chemin de la procession (remark in French, as published)

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