History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Général Fivé

In Dutch: Generaal Fivéstraat

Rue Général Fivé, in Etterbeek, has 65 buildings on the Atlas map, for 76 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 65% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194442
  • 1945 – 19696
  • 1970 – 198914
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 43: 1922. 10 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
Foreign relations
Named in
1923

Edouard Fivé (1849-1909) fut inspecteur d'Etat au Congo et Chargé d'affaires de l'Etat indépendant du Congo en Chine. (remark in French, as published)

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