History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue Legrand

In Dutch: Legrandlaan

Avenue Legrand, in Ixelles, has 38 buildings on the Atlas map, for 45 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 84% 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 – 191332
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 60: 1897. 13 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: 1877

La famille Legrand était propriétaire de nombreux terrains sur lesquels des rues furent percées à la fin du XIXe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

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