History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Val de la Futaie

In Dutch: Hogebomendaal

Val de la Futaie, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 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 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19897
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1926.

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Nature
Named in
1959

Situé entre l'avenue de la Forêt et l'avenue du Pérou, le val de la Futaie a repris l'ancien nom de l'avenue du Pérou, dénommée avenue de la Futaie de par sa proximité avec le bois de la Cambre. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives