History of a street · 1040 Brussels

Rue Froissart

In Dutch: Froissartstraat

Rue Froissart, in Brussels, has 51 buildings on the Atlas map, for 80 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 59% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 59% 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 – 191330
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19897
1990 – 20097
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 71: 1900. 3 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: Scientists
Named in: 1868

Jean Froissart (? XIVe siècle), historien de la langue française et chroniqueur. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives