History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue de Wautier

In Dutch: de Wautierstraat

Rue de Wautier, in Brussels, has 103 buildings on the Atlas map, for 121 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 72% 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 – 18792
  • 1880 – 191374
  • 1914 – 194427
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 125: 1871. 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Belgian state
Named in
1873

Le lieutenant-général François-Xavier de Wautier (1777-1872) est né dans la commune de Laeken. En 1831, il fut à la tête de l'armée de Flandres après avoir été libéré de ses fonctions dans l'armée néerlandaise qu'il a continué de servir pendant les événements de 1830. A la tête de l'armée de Flandres, il a défendu le territoire belge lors de la Campagne des Dix-Jours, tentative de Guillaume Ier d'Orange de revenir sur l'indépendance belge. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives