History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue Wannecouter

In Dutch: Wannekouterlaan

Avenue Wannecouter, in Brussels, has 73 buildings on the Atlas map, for 77 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 49% 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 – 19442
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19892
1990 – 200936
since 201027

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 113: 1927. 10 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations
Named in: 1923

En ancien néerlandais, le terme «wan» pouvait signifier vide ou non bâti, tandis que «kouter» désigne une terre cultivée. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives