History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue du Derby

In Dutch: Derbylaan

Avenue du Derby, in Ixelles, has 33 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1910s to the 2020s. 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 – 19446
1945 – 196910
1970 – 19899
1990 – 20095
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 20: 1923. 8 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Sport and leisure
Named in: 1887

Le Derby désigne une importante rencontre sportive. Ce qualificatif peut donc s'appliquer tant aux courses hippiques (son utilisation initiale) qu'aux rencontres. footballistiques par exemple. Ce mot anglais, à l'origine un nom de famille (Comte de Derby, en Angleterre), s'utilise en français de la même manière. Sur Bxl-Ville, 17/12/1937 (remark in French, as published)

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