History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue Ernestine

In Dutch: Ernestinelaan

Avenue Ernestine, in Ixelles, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1880s to the 2000s. 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 – 19694
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20094
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 14: 1935. 3 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: 1891

Chantal Coché (1826-1911) en 1852 fit l'acquisition de ce tronçon et le nomma selon un membre de sa famille. La famille Coché était propriétaire d'une manufacture de porcelaine qui connut un essor considérable. D'autres avenues furent ouvertes à l'initiative, privée, de la Veuve Chantal Coché, telles les avenues Maurice, des Courses et Jeanne. L'avenue Ernestine fut établie en 1891. (remark in French, as published)

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