History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Avenue du Front

In Dutch: Frontlaan

Avenue du Front, in Etterbeek, has 19 buildings on the Atlas map, for 20 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 47% 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 – 19130
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19699
1970 – 19899
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 24: 1936. 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: Commemorative name
Theme: First World War
Named in: 1929

Hommage aux combattants de la Première Guerre mondiale (remark in French, as published)

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