History of a street · 1090 Jette

Rue Léopold I

In Dutch: Leopold I straat

Rue Léopold I, in Jette, has 175 buildings on the Atlas map, for 198 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 63% 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 1969110
  • 1970 – 198953
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 290: 1913. 10 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. (remark in French, as published)

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