History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Place Communale

In Dutch: Gemeenteplaats

Place Communale, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 43% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18495
  • 1850 – 187913
  • 1880 – 19135
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings
Named in
1860

Molenbeek est la seule commune de Bruxelles à avoir pu conserver cette appellation. En effet, avant il existait 19 places communales… Auderghem a trouvé un compromis en précisant 'Place Communale d'Auderghem'. (remark in French, as published)

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

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