Avenue Général Merjay
In Dutch: Generaal Merjaylaan
Avenue Général Merjay, in Auderghem, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19130
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 196912
- 1970 – 19897
- 1990 – 20092
- 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
- Belgian state
- Named in
- 1925
Jean-Baptiste Merjay (1811-1899) entama une carrière militaire après avoir prit part activement aux événements de 1830 en faveur de l'indépendance belge, Elu député, il devint ensuite bourgmestre d'Auderghem en 1885. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.