History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue du Gaz

In Dutch: Gasstraat

Rue du Gaz, in Brussels, has 56 buildings on the Atlas map, for 63 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 38% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 18% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191310
1914 – 194421
1945 – 196921
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 85: 1911. 10 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life
Named in: 1872

'L’artère trouve son origine dans un ancien chemin dénommé Breem Straet. Ouverte par arrêté royal du 02.03.1874, elle doit sa dénomination, attribuée au moins dès 1872, à la proximité de l’Usine à Gaz de Laeken, implantée avant cette date dans l’îlot compris entre les actuelles rues Fransman, de Ter Plast et Charles Ramaekers.' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives