History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue Emile Duray

In Dutch: Emile Duraylaan

Avenue Emile Duray, in Ixelles, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 31 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 93% of its buildings appear in that period.

See the street on the map Ixelles Make it a poster

When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 194425
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 56: 1914. 21 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: 1925

Emile Duray (1854- 1918). Bourgmestre d'Ixelles entre 1904 et 1918. L'avenue fut tracée en 1910 en vue de l'Exposition universelle de 1910 au Solbosh et s'appela tout d'abord 'Avenue courbe', puis 'Avenue de la Patrie' et prit enfin le nom du bourgmestre en son hommage dès 1913. (sur le territoire de Bxl-Ville, 06/02/1925) (remark in French, as published)

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