History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue Colonel Chaltin

In Dutch: Kolonel Chaltinstraat

Rue Colonel Chaltin, in Uccle, has 70 buildings on the Atlas map, for 75 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 53% 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 – 196937
1970 – 198931
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 14: 1968.

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: Foreign relations
Named in: 1932

Louis Napoléon Chaltin (1857-1933) est né à Ixelles, mort à Uccle mais fut colonel pour l'Etat Indépendant du Congo entre 1893 et 1902. Il continua par la suite à s'engager dans les activités coloniales au travers de sociétés privées. Dénomination approuvée en deux temps: 1932 et 1957 (remark in French, as published)

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