History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue du Roi-Soldat

In Dutch: Koning-Soldaatlaan

Avenue du Roi-Soldat, in Anderlecht, has 66 buildings on the Atlas map, for 67 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 47% 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 – 196928
  • 1970 – 198931
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1925. 2 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
Named in
1934

En référence au roi Albert Ier (1875-1934) qui fut surnommé Roi Vainqueur ou Roi Soldat. (remark in French, as published)

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