History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Emile Zola

In Dutch: Emile Zolalaan

Avenue Emile Zola, in Schaerbeek, has 67 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 49% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 49% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191333
1914 – 194432
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1913. 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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1907

La voirie rend hommage à l'écrivain Emile Zola. Quartier à thèmes avec plusieurs voiries dédiées à des défenseurs du capitaine Dreyfus. Ex. rue Emile Zola (1906) (remark in French, as published)

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