History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Avenue Maréchal Foch

In Dutch: Maarschalk Fochlaan

Avenue Maréchal Foch, in Schaerbeek, has 85 buildings on the Atlas map, for 90 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 87% 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 – 191374
1914 – 194410
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 5: 1898. 26 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: First World War
Named in: 1919

L'avenue rend honneur au Maréchal Foch (1851-1929), militaire français et commandant en chef des forces alliées sur le front de l'Ouest lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il fit partie des signataires de l'Armistice de 1918 et s'ensuivit de nombreuses distinctions civiles et militaires. (remark in French, as published)

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