History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Borrens

In Dutch: Borrensstraat

Rue Borrens, in Ixelles, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 49% 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 – 187919
1880 – 191318
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 26: 1906.

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: 1883

Créée en 1865, elle s'appelait alors Rue des Nouvelles. Elle prit le nom de rue Borrens en 1885, suite au don par héritage du concerné d'une somme considérable (dix mille francs) pour les Hospices civils. (remark in French, as published)

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