History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Berckmans

In Dutch: Berckmansstraat

Rue Berckmans, in Saint-Gilles, has 138 buildings on the Atlas map, for 155 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 50% 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 – 18490
1850 – 187969
1880 – 191361
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20091
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 111: 1863. 37 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: 1867

Cette rue fut tracée en 1862 et rend hommage à la famille qui possédait ce terrain. (remark in French, as published)

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