History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue de la Cité

In Dutch: Woonwijkstraat

Rue de la Cité, in Ixelles, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 40 addresses. It was mostly built between 1800 and 1849: 62% 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 – 184923
1850 – 187913
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1844. 23 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

Kind of name: Descriptive name
Theme: Buildings

Rue créée en 1844 dans le but de relier deux carrés de la cité Gomand, elle fut d'abord dénommée rue de la Cité Gomand, avant d'être raccourcie en rue de la Cité. (remark in French, as published)

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