History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Avenue Emile Bossaert

In Dutch: Emile Bossaertlaan

Avenue Emile Bossaert, in Koekelberg, has 51 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 63% 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 – 19130
1914 – 194417
1945 – 196932
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1934.

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
Named in: 1913

Emile Bossaert (1854-1920) a été bourgmestre de la commune entre 1912 et 1920. Il a également été l'un des trois fondateurs de l'entreprise Victoria qui, implantée à Koekelberg, fabriquait des biscuits et du chocolat jusque dans les années 1980. Avant 1913, avenue de la Renaissance (1880). A cheval sur la commune de Ganshoren où l'avenue de la Renaissance devient l'avenue Jacques Sermon, soldat décédé le 8/9/1914 (remark in French, as published)

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