History of a street · 1190 Forest

Avenue Van Volxem

In Dutch: Van Volxemlaan

Avenue Van Volxem, in Forest, has 329 buildings on the Atlas map, for 412 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 36% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 19% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191363
1914 – 1944119
1945 – 196939
1970 – 198974
1990 – 200921
since 201013

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 290: 1897. 34 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

Célèbre famille d'industriels de la commune de Forest (remark in French, as published)

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