History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue Léon Houyoux

In Dutch: Léon Houyouxlaan

Avenue Léon Houyoux, in Auderghem, has 33 buildings on the Atlas map, for 34 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 91% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19693
  • 1970 – 198930
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1963.

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
Arts and culture
Named in
1942

Léon Houyoux (1856-1940) était un peintre bruxellois qui vécut dans la conciergerie du Rouge-Cloitre et y termina ses jours. (remark in French, as published)

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