History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Rue Charles Lemaire

In Dutch: Charles Lemairestraat

Rue Charles Lemaire, in Auderghem, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 46% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198913
  • 1990 – 200913
  • since 20102

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
Second World War
Named in
1950

Charles-Camille Lemaire (1902-1944) était originaire de Rochefort mais vivait dans la commune lorsque la guerre éclata et qu'il se lança dans la résistance. Il fut capturé et condamné comme prisonnier politique, puis exécuté à Wolfenbuttel. ex. rue du Moulin à papier. (remark in French, as published)

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