History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue Jean Vanhaelen

In Dutch: Jean Vanhaelenlaan

Avenue Jean Vanhaelen, in Auderghem, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 49% 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 – 194418
  • 1945 – 196913
  • 1970 – 19896
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1931. 14 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
1925

Jean Vanhaelen (1834-1907) fut bourgmestre d'Auderghem. (remark in French, as published)

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