History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Général Tombeur

In Dutch: Generaal Tombeurstraat

Rue Général Tombeur, in Etterbeek, has 50 buildings on the Atlas map, for 61 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 74% 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 – 191312
  • 1914 – 194437
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 78: 1921.

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
1936

Charles-Henry-Marie-Ernest Tombeur (1867-1947), vainqueur de la bataille de Tabora en 1916, vice-gouverneur du Congo et administrateur général du Katanga. (remark in French, as published)

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