History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Avenue de l'Hôpital Français

In Dutch: Frans Gasthuislaan

Avenue de l'Hôpital Français, in Koekelberg, has 48 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, 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 – 19132
  • 1914 – 19447
  • 1945 – 196913
  • 1970 – 198924
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1911. 2 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings
Named in
1929

L'avenue porte ce nom car elle se trouve à proximité de l'Hôpital du même nom. Nom initial: avenue Josse Goffin (1910) (bgm de Berchem-Ste-Agathe). Changement de dénomination en 1929 en accord avec la commune de Berchem-Ste-Agathe. (remark in French, as published)

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