History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Avenue Ducpétiaux

In Dutch: Ducpétiauxlaan

Avenue Ducpétiaux, in Saint-Gilles, has 136 buildings on the Atlas map, for 155 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 74% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 1913101
1914 – 194434
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 52: 1892. 54 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: Local notables

Edouard Ducpétiaux (1804-1868), politicien, sociologue, journaliste et jurisconsulte. Il a consacré toute sa vie à l'étude des prisons. (remark in French, as published)

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