History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue François-Elie Van Elderen

In Dutch: François-Elie Van Elderenlaan

Avenue François-Elie Van Elderen, in Auderghem, has 47 buildings on the Atlas map, for 50 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 57% 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 – 198927
  • 1990 – 200911
  • since 20109

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
First World War
Named in
1922

François-Elie Van Elderen (1899-1916), soldat volontaire lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il vivait dans la commune avec ses parents lorsque la guerre éclata.Engagé volontaire à l'âge de 15 ans. Décédé sur le front. (remark in French, as published)

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