History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Emile Van Ermengem

In Dutch: Emile Van Ermengemlaan

Avenue Emile Van Ermengem, in Brussels, has 54 buildings on the Atlas map, for 56 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 56% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198930
  • 1990 – 200920
  • since 20104

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Scientists
Named in
1935

Emile Van Ermengem (1851 – 1932), chercheur en bactériologie, reconnu pour ses avancées en matière médicale; a notamment découvert la bactérie responsable du botulisme. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives