History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Lanfray

In Dutch: Lanfraystraat

Rue Lanfray, in Ixelles, has 47 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 100% 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 – 191347
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 8: 1895. 16 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
Named in
1884

Louis-Guillaume Lanfray (?-1881) fit un important don à sa mort à l'Hospice Van Aa et reçut en remerciement une rue à son nom en 1881. ex. rue de la Pensée (remark in French, as published)

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