History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Avenue Josse Goffin

In Dutch: Josse Goffinlaan

Avenue Josse Goffin, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 163 buildings on the Atlas map, for 187 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 59% 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 – 196950
  • 1970 – 198996
  • 1990 – 200917
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 180: 1977.

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
1915

Josse Goffin était un ancien maître de forge qui fut bourgmestre de la commune. Ex. rue Verte (remark in French, as published)

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