History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Avenue René Gobert

In Dutch: René Gobertlaan

Avenue René Gobert, in Uccle, has 70 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 69% 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 – 19131
1914 – 19447
1945 – 196948
1970 – 198911
1990 – 20093
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1913. 3 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: Second World War
Named in: 1945

Après une consultation négative de la population, le conseil communal du 31 juillet 1945 changea le nom pour honorer la mémoire de René Gobert (1894-1943) qui était auditeur à la Cour des Comptes et actif dans la Résistance. Il fut fusillé par les Allemands. (remark in French, as published)

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