History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Léon Cuissez

In Dutch: Léon Cuissezstraat

Rue Léon Cuissez, in Ixelles, has 49 buildings on the Atlas map, for 61 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 61% 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 – 191330
1914 – 194419
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 20: 1930. 2 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: Scientists
Named in: 1908

Léon Cuissez (1857-1908) était médecin. Il fut le cofondateur du premier dispensaire antituberculeux en Belgique. ex. rue des Chèvres. (remark in French, as published)

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