History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Avenue Louis Vercauteren

In Dutch: Louis Vercauterenlaan

Avenue Louis Vercauteren, in Auderghem, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 45% 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 – 18791
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198910
  • 1990 – 20099
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 27: 1962. 2 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
Second World War
Named in
1959

Louis-Joseph Vercauteren (1899-1940) fut appelé soldat lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et y mourut. (remark in French, as published)

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