The ( French) or (

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) is a major street in the European Quarter of

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, Belgium, running parallel to the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat. Both are one-way streets; where traffic in the Rue de la Loi runs in the western direction towards Brussels' city centre, the Rue Belliard runs in the eastern direction, away from the city centre. The street runs from the east of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) to the south-western corner of the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark. The street has four lanes from the Small Ring to the start of the , two lanes along

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and ends on one lane up to the Cinquantenaire. The section on one lane from one park to the other is partly in the territory of the municipality of

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. The rest of the street is in the territory of the

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. The Rue Belliard is named after

Augustin Daniel Belliard Augustin Daniel Belliard, comte Belliard et de l'Empire (; 25 May 1769 in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée – 28 January 1832 in Brussels) was a French general. Biography Revolution Belliard became an officer between 1792 and 1793 under Dumouriez i ...

, a French general who was governor of the department of the Dyle.

Buildings

The first part of the Rue Belliard (from the / until the /) was opened in 1855, while the second part of the street (until the Cinquantenaire) was finished in 1869. * No. 7:

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* No. 15–17: Embassy of

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* No. 14–18:

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(FPB) of Belgium * No. 25–33: * No. 28: European Commission * No. 40: Odas Global Consulting Ltd. * No. 41–43: Permanent Representation of

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to the

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* No. 58:

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* No. 60–62: Permanent Representation of German State

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to the European Union * No. 65:

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European Union Office * No. 99–101:

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, home of the

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and

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* No. 100: European Commission * No. 135:

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(HEH) in

* No. 137: Former Solvay Library in Leopold Park * No. 199:

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European Union Office

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