History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue Willy Coppens

In Dutch: Willy Coppensstraat

Rue Willy Coppens, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 78% 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 – 200914
  • since 20104

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
1927

Willy Coppens (1892-1986) était aviateur et se distingua lors de la Grande Guerre. Honoré de son vivant (remark in French, as published)

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