History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Boulevard d'Ypres

In Dutch: Ieperlaan

Boulevard d'Ypres, in Brussels, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 44% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 24% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19136
1914 – 194411
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19894
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 60: 1913. 11 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: First World War
Named in: 1919

Evocation des batailles d'Ypres. ex. rue de la Navigation (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives