History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Boulevard de la Cambre

In Dutch: Terkamerenlaan

Boulevard de la Cambre, in Brussels, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 51% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 51% 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 – 191318
1914 – 19449
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20094
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 57: 1889. 13 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: 1889

Ce boulevard mène vers l'abbaye de la Cambre. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives