History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue des Phalènes

In Dutch: Nachtvlinderslaan

Avenue des Phalènes, in Brussels, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 83% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194415
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 15: 1931. 6 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Nature
Named in
1927

Papillons nocturnes (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives