History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Avenue des Nerviens

In Dutch: Nerviërslaan

Avenue des Nerviens, in Etterbeek, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 34 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1880s to the 2010s. 22% 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 – 19136
  • 1914 – 19447
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 19894
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 63: 1902. 9 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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Commemorative name
Theme
Historical references
Named in
1877

Les Nerviens était un peuple gaulois situé au Nord de la France un siècle avant notre ère. (remark in French, as published)

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