History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Rue de Verdun

In Dutch: Verdunstraat

Rue de Verdun, in Brussels, has 359 buildings on the Atlas map, for 409 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 61% 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 196914
  • 1970 – 1989220
  • 1990 – 2009111
  • since 201012

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 381: 1913. 6 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
Commemorative name
Theme
First World War
Named in
1923

La ville de Verdun est tristement connue pour avoir été le théâtre d'un des combats les plus meurtriers de la Première Guerre mondiale. Ex. rue des Alliés (doublon) (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives