History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Rue du Pré aux Oies

In Dutch: Ganzenweidestraat

Rue du Pré aux Oies, in Brussels, has 98 buildings on the Atlas map, for 114 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 45% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 196917
  • 1970 – 198944
  • 1990 – 200934
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 128: 1966.

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
1922

A cet endroit, la ferme du Castrum s'est érigée. Elle est aujourd'hui classée. Ex. rue du Ruisseau (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives