History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue Auguste Beernaert

In Dutch: Auguste Beernaertstraat

Rue Auguste Beernaert, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 62% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 200924
  • since 201015

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Belgian figure
Named in
1911

Avocat de formation, Auguste Beernaert (1829-1912) fut également ministre des travaux publics, des chemins de fer et des transports. (remark in French, as published)

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