History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Place Louis Morichar

In Dutch: Louis Moricharplein

Place Louis Morichar, in Saint-Gilles, has 45 buildings on the Atlas map, for 51 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 89% 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 – 18795
  • 1880 – 191340
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 8: 1899. 23 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
Local notables
Named in
1911

Louis Morichar, échevin de l'instruction publique et des beaux-arts de la localité entre 1886 et 1911, lorsque la rue de Parme est renommée en son hommage. Il est à l'origine de nombreux projets de scolarisation sur la commune. Ex. place de Parme (remark in French, as published)

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