History of a street · 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

Avenue Général de Longueville

In Dutch: Generaal de Longuevillelaan

Avenue Général de Longueville, in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 89% of its buildings appear in that period.

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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 – 198933
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20100

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

Elle reçut son nom actuel dans les années 1950, en référence à un gradé de l'armée qui se distingua lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Au préalable, elle portait les noms des avenues attenantes à savoir l'avenue Roger Vandendriessche, pour sa partie occidentale, et de l'océan, pour son côté orientale. (remark in French, as published)

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