History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Place Loix

In Dutch: Loixplein

Place Loix, in Saint-Gilles, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 24 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18799
  • 1880 – 19137
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Local notables
Named in
1871

François-Henry Loix fut échevin de la localité entre 1836 et 1846. (remark in French, as published)

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