History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Avenue Louis Vander Swaelmen

In Dutch: Louis Vander Swaelmenlaan

Avenue Louis Vander Swaelmen, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 13 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 45% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 18% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19895
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Architecture
Named in
1929

Louis Vander Swaelmen (1883 - 1929) était architecte et urbaniste. Particulièrement actif aux lendemains de la Première Guerre mondiale dans la reconstruction de la Belgique. (remark in French, as published)

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