History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Avenue de Vilvorde

In Dutch: Vilvoordselaan

Avenue de Vilvorde, in Brussels, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 13% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 300: 1907.

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

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives