History of a street · 1190 Forest

Avenue Général Dumonceau

In Dutch: Generaal Dumonceaulaan

Avenue Général Dumonceau, in Forest, has 78 buildings on the Atlas map, for 88 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 62% 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 – 196948
  • 1970 – 198923
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20101

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
Historical references
Named in
1899

Né en 1760 et décédé en 1821 dans la localité, Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau fut militaire pour les actuels Pays-Bas et pour la France alternativement entre 1789 et 1820. Il servit donc Napoléon et Guillaume d'Orange entre autres. (remark in French, as published)

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