History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Gérard

In Dutch: Gérardstraat

Rue Gérard, in Etterbeek, has 97 buildings on the Atlas map, for 124 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 91% 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 – 191388
1914 – 19449
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 52: 1898. 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: Belgian state

Le maréchal Gérard n'était pas Belge, il était Français et vint se battre en Belgique contre les troupes néerlandaises en 1832. (remark in French, as published)

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