History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue du Chili

In Dutch: Chililaan

Avenue du Chili, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 71% 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 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 198910
1990 – 20093
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 9: 1960.

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: Regions and countries
Named in: 1945

Dans ce quartier, d'autres avenues portent des noms de pays (avenue de l'Uruguay, du Vénézuela, du Chili, du Pérou, de la Colombie, du Brésil et d'Italie). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives