History of a street · 1190 Forest

Boulevard Guillaume Van Haelen

In Dutch: Guillaume Van Haelenlaan

Boulevard Guillaume Van Haelen, in Forest, has 150 buildings on the Atlas map, for 166 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 41% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 11% 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 – 191317
  • 1914 – 194447
  • 1945 – 196961
  • 1970 – 198916
  • 1990 – 20098
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 20: 1906. 36 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

Bourgmestre de Forest de 1876 à 1886 (remark in French, as published)

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