History of a street · 1190 Forest

Avenue Wielemans Ceuppens

In Dutch: Wielemans Ceuppenslaan

Avenue Wielemans Ceuppens, in Forest, has 130 buildings on the Atlas map, for 175 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 52% 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 – 191311
  • 1914 – 194468
  • 1945 – 196938
  • 1970 – 19898
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 108: 1907. 14 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
Economic life
Named in
1903

Il se pourrait que la famille Wielemans Ceuppens compte un ancien bourgmestre de la localité (début du Xxe siècle ?). Mais c'est surtout la famille qui fonda une célèbre brasserie de ce nom en 1880. La brasserie a fermé en 1980. (remark in French, as published)

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