History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Chaussée de Charleroi

In Dutch: Charleroise Steenweg

Chaussée de Charleroi, in Saint-Gilles, has 186 buildings on the Atlas map, for 289 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 60% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 75% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18492
  • 1850 – 187926
  • 1880 – 1913111
  • 1914 – 194417
  • 1945 – 196910
  • 1970 – 198910
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20106

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 149: 1849. 91 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
Places and destinations
Named in
1875

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