History of a street · 1090 Jette

Avenue du Heymbosch

In Dutch: Heymboschlaan

Avenue du Heymbosch, in Jette, has 57 buildings on the Atlas map, for 62 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 46% 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 – 194426
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 200924
  • since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 51: 1921. 29 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Places and destinations
Named in
1929

Le Heymbosch est un espace vert, actuellement un talus. Le nom pourrait signifier 'le bois secret' en moyen néerlandais. (remark in French, as published)

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