History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Borgval

In Dutch: Borgwal

Borgval, in Brussels, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 73% 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 – 18792
1880 – 19138
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1874.

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: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings
Named in: 1932

Ce toponyme désigne un mur de château, en l'occurrence celui construit par Charles de France, duc de Basse-Lotharingie, en 977. Le château ne se trouvait pas là à proprement parler, mais lorsqu'il fallut choisir un toponyme à ce tronçon de rue, on choisit de donner le nom d'une grande impasse qui venait d'être détruite : borgval. (ex. rue de Borgval, 1872) (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives