History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Avenue des Volontaires

In Dutch: Vrijwilligerslaan

Avenue des Volontaires, in Etterbeek, has 61 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 194420
  • 1945 – 196933
  • 1970 – 19897
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1901.

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
Commemorative name
Theme
First World War
Named in
1916

En référence aux nombreux citoyens bruxellois qui se sont portés volontaires lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale a éclaté. Partiellement sur Auderghem. Ex. avenue de la Barrière (remark in French, as published)

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