History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue de la Paix

In Dutch: Vredestraat

Rue de la Paix, in Ixelles, has 49 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 63% 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 – 187911
  • 1880 – 191331
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 17: 1898.

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
1830

Créée en 1830 par la Veuve Coenraets, elle reçoit dès le début cette appellation. L'actuelle Eglise Saint-Boniface ne s'y installera qu'à partir de 1847. (remark in French, as published)

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