History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Avenue Seghers

In Dutch: Segherslaan

Avenue Seghers, in Koekelberg, has 81 buildings on the Atlas map, for 85 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 65% 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 – 194453
1945 – 196926
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 92: 1916. 5 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: Local notables
Named in: 1892

Louis-Joseph Seghers (1810-1885) fut bourgmestre de la commune entre 1873 et 1885. Il a impulsé la construction d'écoles et de la maison communale. (remark in French, as published)

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