History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue de la Forêt

In Dutch: Woudlaan

Avenue de la Forêt, in Brussels, has 33 buildings on the Atlas map, for 33 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 52% 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 – 19691
1970 – 198917
1990 – 200911
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 101: 1924. 4 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: Places and destinations
Named in: 1897

Créée en 1888 et adjacente à la chaussée de Boitsfort, elle fait bien évidemment référence au bois qui se trouvait à cet endroit. Le bois est appelé 'vrouwtjesbos', le 'bois des Commères'. ex. Wallinegat ou Wallinestraat. Dénomination sur Bxl-Ville, 23/03/1907 (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives