History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue de Ransbeek

In Dutch: Ransbeekstraat

Rue de Ransbeek, in Brussels, has 126 buildings on the Atlas map, for 138 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 56% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 198971
  • 1990 – 200941
  • since 201010

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 310: 1957. 3 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
Places and destinations
Named in
1922

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives