History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue du Nid

In Dutch: Neststraat

Rue du Nid, in Ixelles, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 100% 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 – 191311
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
Buildings
Named in
1912

Nom dérivé, dès 1911, de la Crèche Le Nid qui y fut construite. A l'origine la rue s'appelait rue de l'Aunaie en référence aux nombreux aulnes présents sur les berges des étangs d'Ixelles. (remark in French, as published)

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