History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Charles Legrelle

In Dutch: Charles Legrellestraat

Rue Charles Legrelle, in Etterbeek, has 45 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 82% 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 – 19137
  • 1914 – 194437
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 40: 1910. 6 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

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Charles Legrelle, échevin d'Etterbeek. La rue fut créée en 1906. (remark in French, as published)

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