History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Alfred Giron

In Dutch: Alfred Gironstraat

Rue Alfred Giron, in Ixelles, has 49 buildings on the Atlas map, for 49 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 84% 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 – 191341
  • 1914 – 19448
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 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
Belgian figure
Named in
1913

Alfred Giron (1832-1910) fut président de la Cour de Cassation et professeur à l'Université Libre de Bruxelles. La rue fut percée en 1913. (remark in French, as published)

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