History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Fineau

In Dutch: Fineaustraat

Rue Fineau, in Brussels, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 89% 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 – 191324
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 32: 1914.

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

Fineau (?-?) fut conseiller communal catholique de Laeken en 1893. Décédé en 1902 (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives