History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue du Frêne

In Dutch: Eslaan

Avenue du Frêne, in Brussels, has 55 buildings on the Atlas map, for 56 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 65% 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 – 196916
  • 1970 – 198936
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 32: 1955. 2 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
1932

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives