History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Mutsaard

In Dutch: Mutsaardlaan

Avenue Mutsaard, in Brussels, has 47 buildings on the Atlas map, for 62 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, 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 – 18790
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 198917
1990 – 200921
since 20107

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 69: 1906. 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life
Named in: 1935

Suite à la présence d'une auberge dénommée 'Mutsaert', le quartier adoptera ce toponyme au XVIIIe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives