For other streets of this name, see Rue Victor Hugo

Rue Victor Hugo

Rue Victor Hugo may refer to several streets in Francophone countries named after Victor Hugo:* Rue Victor Hugo in Brussels* Avenue Victor-Hugo in Boulogne-Billancourt* Rue Victor-Hugo in Carcassonne* Rue Victor-Hugo in Lyon* Avenue Victor-Hugo in Paris...

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Rue Victor Hugo (French

French language

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) or Victor Hugostraat (Dutch

Dutch language

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) is a street in the Schaerbeek municipality of Brussels

Brussels

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. It is named after the French writer Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....

 (who spent his exile of 1851 to 1870 in Brussels). It runs from the chaussée de Louvain to avenue de Roodebeek, passing rue du Radium, avenue Léon Mahillon, avenue Émile Max, avenue Milcamps, avenue Eugène Plasky, avenue de l'Opale and avenue Adolphe Lacomblé.

Notable addresses

• n° 53-59 : immeuble du foyer Schaerbeekois (architect: Henri Jacobs)
• n° 100 : collège Roi Baudouin
• n° 147 : église Saint-Albert

External links

• Satellite view of the street on WikiMapia
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