History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Chaussée de Vleurgat

In Dutch: Vleurgatsesteenweg

Chaussée de Vleurgat, in Brussels, has 48 buildings on the Atlas map, for 65 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 83% 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 – 18793
1880 – 191340
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 118: 1865. 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations

La Chaussée de Vleurgat apparut dès le XVIe siècle. Elle avait pour but de relier le quartier d'Ixelles, principalement développé autour de l'abbaye de la Cambre et des étangs d'Ixelles, au quartier de Vleurgat se trouvant à Uccle, permettant de faciliter les échanges commerciaux, y compris avec la ville de Bruxelles via la Chaussée d'Ixelles qu'elle prolongeait. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives