History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Avenue des Villas

In Dutch: Villalaan

Avenue des Villas, in Saint-Gilles, has 54 buildings on the Atlas map, for 58 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 61% 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 – 191333
1914 – 194418
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 35A: 1903. 30 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

Cet axe mène aux villas situées aux abords du Parc de Forest (et non au parc de Saint-Gilles comme fréquemment confondu). (remark in French, as published)

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