History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue de la Comtesse de Flandre

In Dutch: Gravin Van Vlaanderenstraat

Rue de la Comtesse de Flandre, in Brussels, has 50 buildings on the Atlas map, for 55 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 80% 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 – 18797
  • 1880 – 191340
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 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
Named in
1882

La rue doit son nom à Marie de Hohenzollern-Sigmarigen (1845-1912), comtesse de Flandre, mère d'Albert I (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives