History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Eloy

In Dutch: Eloystraat

Rue Eloy, in Anderlecht, has 86 buildings on the Atlas map, for 104 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 93% 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 – 191380
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 26: 1901. 13 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
Local notables
Named in
1894

Il semblerait que ce toponyme désigne un créateur de quartier. Nous ne savons pas si c'est une référence à Robert Eloy (1919-2013) qui a fondé une entreprise de grande envergure en Wallonie. (remark in French, as published)

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