History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue du Heysel

In Dutch: Heizelstraat

Rue du Heysel, in Brussels, has 58 buildings on the Atlas map, for 66 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19443
1945 – 196919
1970 – 198929
1990 – 20093
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 40: 1910. 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives