History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Avenue de la Basilique

In Dutch: Basilieklaan

Avenue de la Basilique, in Koekelberg, has 40 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 40% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 198916
  • 1990 – 200914
  • since 20108

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
1922

La rue fut nommée ainsi car elle mène à la Basilique de Koekelberg. Initialement dénommée 'avenue de Ganshoren'. Changement de dénomination après la Première Guerre mondiale (remark in French, as published)

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