History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Avenue du Karreveld

In Dutch: Karreveldlaan

Avenue du Karreveld, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 56 buildings on the Atlas map, for 58 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 45% 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 – 194410
  • 1945 – 196914
  • 1970 – 198925
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 15: 1937. 3 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
Buildings
Named in
1930

L'avenue porte le nom du château-ferme du Karreveld. On peut également mettre en évidence que l'origine du nom viendrait d'un lieu dit Karreveld signifiant champ de Charles, champ de cailloux ou champ de chariots. (remark in French, as published)

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