History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Bosquet

In Dutch: Bosquetstraat

Rue Bosquet, in Saint-Gilles, has 59 buildings on the Atlas map, for 70 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 53% 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 – 187931
1880 – 191322
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 38: 1870. 26 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: 1869

Gustave Bosquet (1801-1876) fut échevin de la localité entre 1846 et 1875. Conseiller à la Cour de Cassation. (remark in French, as published)

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