History of a street · 1140 Evere

Avenue Henry Dunant

In Dutch: Henry Dunantlaan

Avenue Henry Dunant, in Evere, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 44 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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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 – 198913
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20105

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
Local notables
Named in
1956

Henry Dunant (1828-1910) est homme d'affaire suisse qui fut à l'origine de la fondation de la Croix-Rouge internationale. (remark in French, as published)

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