History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Léopold

In Dutch: Leopoldstraat

Rue Léopold, in Brussels, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 38% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 63% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19133
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 4: 1819. 3 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
Named in: 1831

Léopold Ier (1790-1865) est le premier Roi des belges désigné en 1831. ex. rue Guillaume (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives