History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Forestière

In Dutch: Bosstraat

Rue Forestière, in Ixelles, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 90% 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 – 191327
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 12: 1902. 7 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life
Named in: 1874

Deux hypothèses coexistent au sujet de l'origine du nom de la rue forestière. La première hypothèse pointe la direction de la rue, orientée vers le Bois de la Cambre. La seconde lui attribue cette appellation suite à la présence du tribunal de la foresterie, tribunal en charge de la conservation du bois de Soignes et autres forets domaniales en 1400. (remark in French, as published)

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