History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Laneau

In Dutch: Laneaustraat

Rue Laneau, in Brussels, has 69 buildings on the Atlas map, for 80 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 78% 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 – 191313
1914 – 194454
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 78: 1909. 13 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: Local notables

'Le nom de la rue rend hommage à H.P.A. Laneau, qui fut bourgmestre de Jette entre 1882 et 1885.' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives