History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Avenue des Gerfauts

In Dutch: Giervalkenlaan

Avenue des Gerfauts, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 12 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 4 periods, from the 1940s to the 2020s. 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 – 19693
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1962. 3 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

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