History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Avenue du Mont Kemmel

In Dutch: Kemmelberglaan

Avenue du Mont Kemmel, in Saint-Gilles, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 46% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 46% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19136
1914 – 19446
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 26: 1908. 7 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

Ce toponyme renvoie à la bataille du Mont Kemmel situé en Flandre occidentale et qui vit les Germains s'opposer aux Français, puis à une coalition franco-britanniques en 1918. (remark in French, as published)

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