History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Chopin

In Dutch: Chopinstraat

Rue Chopin, in Anderlecht, has 38 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 53% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196920
  • 1970 – 198914
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Arts and culture
Named in
1931

Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849) était pianiste et compositeur polonais. (remark in French, as published)

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