History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Rommelaere

In Dutch: Rommelaerelaan

Avenue Rommelaere, in Brussels, has 58 buildings on the Atlas map, for 63 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 71% 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 – 19699
1970 – 198941
1990 – 20096
since 20102

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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: Scientists
Named in: 1926

'À l’instar d’autres artères proches de Brugmann, sa dénomination, attribuée par arrêté du Collège de la Ville de Bruxelles du 27.07.1926, rend hommage à un médecin, Guillaume Rommelaere (1836-1916), qui fut recteur de l’Université libre de Bruxelles.' urban. Ex. rue des Cailloux (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives