History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Avenue de l'Hôpital Français

In Dutch: Frans Gasthuislaan

Avenue de l'Hôpital Français, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 33 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 42% 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 – 19443
  • 1945 – 196913
  • 1970 – 198912
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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.