History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue Guillaume Detroch

In Dutch: Guillaume Detrochlaan

Avenue Guillaume Detroch, in Auderghem, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 60% 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 – 198915
  • 1990 – 20098
  • since 20102

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
1931

Guillaume Detroch (1885-1915) était cultivateur de champignons dans la commune d'Auderghem. Il se porta volontaire lorsque la guerre éclata et fut envoyé comme soldat mitrailleur en France. Il se noya en juillet 1915 dans la rivière Huisne. (remark in French, as published)

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