History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue du Mail

In Dutch: Maliestraat

Rue du Mail, in Ixelles, has 79 buildings on the Atlas map, for 85 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 53% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 53% 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 – 191342
1914 – 194436
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 98: 1901. 3 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Belgian state

Référence au mail qui est un jeu proche du croquet. Référence au passé d'une partie d'Ixelles qui formait une châtellenie, c'est-à-dire qu'une partie de ses terres étaient placées sous la juridiction d'un seigneur châtelain. Quartier à thème autour de la noblesse : rue du Bailli, rue et place du Chatelain, rue de l'Amazone, rue du Tabellion, rue du Page, rue du Mail, rue du Prévot. (remark in French, as published)

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