History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Terre-Neuve

In Dutch: Nieuwland

Rue Terre-Neuve, in Brussels, has 89 buildings on the Atlas map, for 132 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 37% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 74% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 187933
1880 – 191332
1914 – 19446
1945 – 196912
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20093
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1871. 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Relief and landscape

Le nom de la rue désigne les nouvelles terres gagnées par l'assèchement des marais de la Senne (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives