History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Rue du Bruel

In Dutch: Bruulstraat

Rue du Bruel, in Brussels, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 76% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196919
  • 1970 – 19895
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Economic life

En ancien français, le bruel est un petit taillis qui vient d'être planté. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives