History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue du Lac

In Dutch: Meerstraat

Rue du Lac, in Ixelles, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 95% 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 – 191320
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1893. 2 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
Relief and landscape
Named in
1879

La rue fait référence à un étang situé au bout d'un des deux côtés de la rue. Elle reçut cette appellation en 1879. (remark in French, as published)

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