History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Ernest Havaux

In Dutch: Ernest Havauxstraat

Rue Ernest Havaux, in Etterbeek, has 36 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 97% 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 – 191335
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1904. 9 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
1944

Ernest Havaux (1884-1942) fut combattants dans les deux Guerres et finit fusillé. (remark in French, as published)

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