History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue Maréchal Ney

In Dutch: Maarschalk Neylaan

Avenue Maréchal Ney, in Uccle, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 51 addresses. It was mostly built since 2010: 96% 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 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 201044

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 7: 1951. 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
Historical references
Named in
1931

Une des nombreuses avenues du Quartier de l'Empereur, qui se réfèrent toutes à Napoléon Bonaparte et à son époque. Le maréchal Michel Ney (1769-1815) fut Maréchal de Napoléon Bonaparte. Il était surnommé par l'Empereur le 'Brave des braves'. (remark in French, as published)

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