Avenue de l'Yser
In Dutch: IJzerlaan
Avenue de l'Yser, in Etterbeek, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 58% appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 191315
- 1914 – 19441
- 1945 – 19692
- 1970 – 19893
- 1990 – 20093
- since 20102
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1899. 10 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
- First World War
- Named in
- 1918
A l'origine dénommée avenue des Germains, elle est rebaptisée en 1918 avenue de l'Yser en hommage au fleuve qui délimita la portion du territoire sur laquelle les armées belges, françaises et britanniques purent contenir l'armée allemande. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.