History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue Henri Pirenne

In Dutch: Henri Pirennelaan

Avenue Henri Pirenne, in Uccle, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 73% 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 – 19442
1945 – 19698
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1923.

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: Scientists
Named in: 1935

Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) célèbre historien belge, promoteur d'une idée belge et d'un enracinement ancien de la nation belge. Il a vécu et est décédé dans la commune d'Uccle. Ex. rue de Fructidor (remark in French, as published)

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