History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Clémentine

In Dutch: Clementinestraat

Rue Clémentine, in Ixelles, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 52% 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 – 18798
1880 – 191311
1914 – 19442
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 state

En 1872, la rue Sans Souci se sépara en deux tronçons, et le second prit le nom de rue Clémentine en hommage à la princesse qui venait de naître, fille du roi Léopold II et de la reine Marie-Henriette. (remark in French, as published)

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