History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Louis Bertrand

In Dutch: Louis Bertrandlaan

Avenue Louis Bertrand, in Schaerbeek, has 95 buildings on the Atlas map, for 123 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 86% of its buildings appear in that period.

See the street on the map Schaerbeek Make it a poster

When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191382
1914 – 19446
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 37: 1845. 58 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: 1905

Louis Bertrand (1856-1943) est un ouvrier qui a fait carrière en politique. En 1885, il est l'un des fondateurs du Parti Ouvrier belge et du journal Le Peuple. Il sera conseiller communal et échevin à Schaerbeek, ainsi que député puis Ministre d'Etat. Il est également l'un des fondateurs du Foyer Schaerbeekois. (remark in French, as published)

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