History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue de Vergnies

In Dutch: de Vergniesstraat

Rue de Vergnies, in Ixelles, has 33 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 67% 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 – 191322
1914 – 19449
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1911. 15 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: Local notables
Named in: 1908

Adolphe de Vergnies (1830-1906) était conseiller communal à Ixelles, puis bourgmestre et échevin. Il mena à bien l'assainissement de la rue, occasionnant la dénomination actuelle de la rue. (remark in French, as published)

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