History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Capouillet

In Dutch: Capouilletstraat

Rue Capouillet, in Saint-Gilles, has 50 buildings on the Atlas map, for 65 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 58% 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 – 187916
1880 – 191329
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 44: 1868. 16 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: 1866

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.