History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Rue Ranson

In Dutch: Ransonstraat

Rue Ranson, in Brussels, has 42 buildings on the Atlas map, for 45 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 79% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198933
  • 1990 – 20097
  • 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

La rue est déjà dénommée ainsi en 1910. La rue semble ancienne, elle apparait déjà sur la carte de Ferraris (1777). (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives