History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Rue Léon Savoir

In Dutch: Léon Savoirstraat

Rue Léon Savoir, in Auderghem, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 2 periods, from the 1990s to the 2020s. 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 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20095
since 20106

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: 1958

Léon Savoir (1892-1915) vivait à Auderghem où il était vitrier. Il fut incorporé lorsque éclata la Première Guerre mondiale, et fut capturé par les Allemands. Il est mort en Allemagne, en octobre 1915. (remark in French, as published)

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