History of a street · 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

Avenue Père Damien

In Dutch: Pater Damiaanlaan

Avenue Père Damien, in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, has 67 buildings on the Atlas map, for 69 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 51% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194418
  • 1945 – 196934
  • 1970 – 198912
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1936. 21 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

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Local notables

Damien De Veuster (1840-1889), dédié à la cause des lépreux, mourut de cette maladie dans les îles Sandwichs. Il était missionnaire de la congrégation des Picpus. (remark in French, as published)

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