History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Colonel Bourg

In Dutch: Kolonel Bourgstraat

Rue Colonel Bourg, in Schaerbeek, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 59% 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 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 198927
1990 – 200916
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: First World War
Named in: 1931

La rue fut nommée en hommage à Damien Bourg, colonel luxembourgeois (1870-1931). Il s'engagea rapidement dans l'armée belge (1887) et grimpa les échelons hiérarchiques pour devenir capitaine commandant à la veille de la Première Guerre mondiale. Participe à la défense de Namur et combat à Anvers. Dénomination pour Schaerbeek (1931), pour Evere, 27/12/1974 (remark in French, as published)

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