History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Boulevard de la Plaine

In Dutch: Pleinlaan

Boulevard de la Plaine, in Ixelles, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 10 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 100% 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 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20097
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1992. 7 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings

Nommé ainsi lors de sa création, en même temps que la création du champ des manœuvres des casernes militaires en 1877. Le boulevard fut créé afin de faciliter le déplacement des armées. En néerlandais, 'Oefenplein' aurait du être traduit par champs des manœuvres, au lieu de 'plaine' des manœuvres… (remark in French, as published)

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