History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Chaussée d'Ixelles

In Dutch: Elsense Steenweg

Chaussée d'Ixelles, in Ixelles, has 254 buildings on the Atlas map, for 340 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 63% 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 – 18492
1850 – 187947
1880 – 1913159
1914 – 194432
1945 – 19697
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20092
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 187: 1841. 61 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: Places and destinations

Ancienne du XIIIe siècle, cette voie reliait le centre de Bruxelles au hameau de Ixelles-le-Vicomte qui se développait sur l'actuelle place Flagey, autour de l'abbaye de la Cambre et des étangs d'Ixelles. (remark in French, as published)

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