History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue de la Natation

In Dutch: Zwemkunststraat

Rue de la Natation, in Ixelles, has 45 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 98% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191344
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 43: 1904. 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
Buildings
Named in
1904

Créée en 1897, elle fut tout d'abord dénommée rue de la pêche en raison de la dite activité qui y avait lieu. En 1904, elle changea de nom suite à la création d'une piscine dans cet axe. (remark in French, as published)

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