History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Lens

In Dutch: Lensstraat

Rue Lens, in Ixelles, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 77% 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 – 18795
  • 1880 – 191317
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Arts and culture
Named in
1874

Andries Cornelis Lens (1739-1822) est un peintre anversois. Ex. rue des Fontainiers (remark in French, as published)

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