History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue Brillat-Savarin

In Dutch: Brillat-Savarinlaan

Avenue Brillat-Savarin, in Ixelles, has 76 buildings on the Atlas map, for 88 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 64% 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 – 194423
  • 1945 – 196949
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 13: 1935. 5 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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
1934

Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), gastronome français. Une rue lui fut attribuée par le bourgmestre Eugène Flagey en 1936, en présence des représentants des ambassades du Liberia, de Roumanie, du Pérou et de Chine. (remark in French, as published)

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