History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue de l'Expansion

In Dutch: Uitbreidingsstraat

Rue de l'Expansion, in Anderlecht, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 38% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 50% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 187910
  • 1880 – 19132
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20091
  • 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues
Named in
1927

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