History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Avenue du Dirigeable

In Dutch: Luchtschiplaan

Avenue du Dirigeable, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 34 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1850s to the 1990s. 32% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18797
  • 1880 – 19133
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19697
  • 1970 – 19899
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Named in
1911

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