History of a street · 1081 Koekelberg

Rue des Braves

In Dutch: Dapperenstraat

Rue des Braves, in Koekelberg, has 24 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 50% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18792
1880 – 191310
1914 – 194412
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 24A: 1915.

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: 1915

Initialement appelée la rue du Gaz (mais doublon avec d'autres communes). En 1915, la commune décide de l'appeler 'rue des Alliés' mais là aussi la dénomination existe déjà et on opte finalement pour la rue des Braves en mémoire des soldats morts en août 1914. En avril 2023, la rue est scindée. Le premier tronçon devient la rue des soeurs Brontë, le second la rue Renée Douffet, reconnue Juste entre les Nations. (remark in French, as published)

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