History of a street · 1190 Forest

Place Saint-Denis

In Dutch: Sint-Denijsplein

Place Saint-Denis, in Forest, has 49 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 39% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 22% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18795
  • 1880 – 19135
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 196915
  • 1970 – 198919
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 25: 1897. 2 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
Buildings
Named in
1918

Saint-Denis est le patron de la localité. L'église principale porte donc son nom. Ex. Place comunale (doublon) (remark in French, as published)

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

On this street

MonumentForest AbbeyThe former Forest Abbey.Forest