History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Van Elewyck

In Dutch: Van Elewyckstraat

Rue Van Elewyck, in Ixelles, has 43 buildings on the Atlas map, for 44 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 65% 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 – 191328
  • 1914 – 194414
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 39: 1906. 7 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

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La famille Van Elewyck est une ancienne famille d'Ixelles qui s'associa à la famille Agnoul. L'avocat Henri-Joseph Van Elewyck fut conseiller communal et bourgmestre d'Ixelles en 1828-1830. (remark in French, as published)

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