History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Vandenbranden

In Dutch: Vandenbrandenstraat

Rue Vandenbranden, in Brussels, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 44 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 68% 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 – 187910
  • 1880 – 191321
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • 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
Theme
Local notables
Named in
1873

ex. rue coin du Diable (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives