History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue d'Edimbourg

In Dutch: Edinburgstraat

Rue d'Edimbourg, in Ixelles, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 60% 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 – 194421
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 24: 1884.

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
First World War

La rue d'Edimbourg reçut sa dénomination actuelle au lendemain de la Première Guerre mondiale. ex. rue Léopold. (remark in French, as published)

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