History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Grande Ile

In Dutch: Groot Eiland

Rue de la Grande Ile, in Brussels, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 45 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 48% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18799
1880 – 191314
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20092
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 22: 1897. 4 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: Relief and landscape
Named in: 1876

La rue doit son nom à une ancienne île de la Senne. Ex. Rue des Sœurs Noires et y donnant celle de Rue de la Grande Ile (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives