History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Avenue du Karreveld

In Dutch: Karreveldlaan

Avenue du Karreveld, in Koekelberg, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 20 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 36% 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 – 19442
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19894
1990 – 20091
since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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.