History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier

In Dutch: Maurice Lemonnierlaan

Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier, in Brussels, has 121 buildings on the Atlas map, for 213 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 45% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187948
1880 – 191354
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19896
1990 – 20094
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1873. 30 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: First World War
Named in: 1918

Maurice Lemonnier (1860 – 1930) était échevin et remplaça Adolphe Max durant la Première Guerre mondiale lorsque celui-ci fut emprisonné. Maurice Lemonnier se démarqua pour sa résistance pacifique contre les Allemands, ce qui lui valut d'être déporté également. Ex. boulevard du Hainaut (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives