History of a street · 1040 Brussels

Avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée

In Dutch: Blijde Inkomstlaan

Avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée, in Brussels, has 9 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 44% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20103

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
Folklore
Named in
1877

La joyeuse entrée désigne encore aujourd'hui les représentations suivant l'instauration d'un nouveau roi ou d'une nouvelle reine en Belgique. Initialement, cette coutume remonte à 1356, lorsque les Brabançons ont exigé que chaque souverain garantisse leurs droits avant de prendre leur fonction. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives