History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue Guillaume Gilbert

In Dutch: Guillaume Gilbertlaan

Avenue Guillaume Gilbert, in Ixelles, has 77 buildings on the Atlas map, for 87 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 82% 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 – 19441
  • 1945 – 196963
  • 1970 – 198910
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 47: 1935. 2 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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
Local notables
Named in
1900

Avenue créée en 1894. Guillaume Gilbert (1770 - 1850) siégea au conseil communal d'Ixelles, bourgmestre de la commune entre 1840 et 1846. (remark in French, as published)

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