History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Square de Léopoldville

In Dutch: Leopoldstadplein

Square de Léopoldville, in Etterbeek, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 29% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19134
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 15: 1936. 3 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: Foreign relations
Named in: 1929

Léopoldville est l'ancien nom de Kinshasa, la capitale de la République Démocratique du Congo, nom porté pendant la période coloniale belge. (remark in French, as published)

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