History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue Emile De Mot

In Dutch: Emile De Motlaan

Avenue Emile De Mot, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 43% 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 – 19131
1914 – 19446
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20093
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1912. 5 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
Named in: 1909

Emile De Mot (1835 – 1909), bourgmestre de la ville de Bruxelles entre 1899 et 1909. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives