History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue Montjoie

In Dutch: Montjoielaan

Avenue Montjoie, in Uccle, has 148 buildings on the Atlas map, for 168 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 41% 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 – 18790
1880 – 191313
1914 – 194460
1945 – 196936
1970 – 198930
1990 – 20099
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 58: 1906. 15 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life
Named in: 1887

L'origine du nom Montjoie reste vague, mais la plus plausible est sans doute qu'on a repris l'enseigne d'une auberge 'Au Montjoie' qui se trouvait au début du XXe siècle près de du vélodrome de l'avenue Churchill. (remark in French, as published)

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