History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Rue Georges Huygens

In Dutch: Georges Huygensstraat

Rue Georges Huygens, in Auderghem, has 50 buildings on the Atlas map, for 50 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 68% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 200934
  • since 201016

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
Local notables
Named in
1958

Georges Huygens (1868-1949) fut notaire, membre du Conseil communal et échevin. (remark in French, as published)

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