History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Fourmois

In Dutch: Fourmoisstraat

Rue Fourmois, in Ixelles, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 33 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 57% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191316
  • 1914 – 194412
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Arts and culture

Théodore Fourmois (1814-1871) était peintre de scènes de genre et de paysages. (remark in French, as published)

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