History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue du Général de Gaulle

In Dutch: Generaal de Gaullelaan

Avenue du Général de Gaulle, in Ixelles, has 49 buildings on the Atlas map, for 51 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 73% 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 – 18794
  • 1880 – 191336
  • 1914 – 19447
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 28: 1887. 24 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
Second World War
Named in
1945

L'avenue de la Cascade fut renommée ainsi en 1945 en présence du Général de Gaulle (1890 - 1970) (remark in French, as published)

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