History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de l'Angle

In Dutch: Hoekstraat

Rue de l'Angle, in Brussels, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 22 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 91% 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 – 187910
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 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
Architecture

A proximité, se trouvent la rue de la Flèche, la rue de l'Arc, la rue de l'Harmonie, et la rue du Frontispice. Tous ces toponymes peuvent faire référence à l'architecture. Ex. rue de l'Equerre (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives