History of a street · 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

Avenue Lambeau

In Dutch: Lambeaulaan

Avenue Lambeau, in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, has 134 buildings on the Atlas map, for 136 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 71% 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 – 194495
  • 1945 – 196936
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 119: 1914. 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
1911

Firmin Lambeau (1896-1938) Président du Tribunal de Commerce de Bruxelles. Administrateur de la Société horticole de Linthout (en fait, il s'agissait d'une société immobilière qui lotissait et vendait des parcelles dans ce quartier). Il se chargea lui même du tracé de quelques artères secondaires de l'endroit. Il était aussi collectionneur et cultivateur passionné d'orchidées. (remark in French, as published)

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