History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Brune

In Dutch: Bruinstraat

Rue Brune, in Anderlecht, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 65% 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 – 191313
  • 1914 – 19447
  • 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
Unknown origin
Named in
1845

Il n'est pas clair s'il s'agit ici de la couleur brune ou du patronyme d'une famille de meuniers, les Bruné, dont le chef de file, né en 1808, exploitait à Anderlecht le cabaret In 't Moleke.. Premières traces: 1846 (remark in French, as published)

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