History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue Copernic

In Dutch: Copernicusstraat

Rue Copernic, in Uccle, has 66 buildings on the Atlas map, for 67 addresses. It was mostly built since 2010: 86% of its buildings appear in that period.

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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 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20099
  • since 201057

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
Scientists
Named in
1911

Nicolas Copernic (1473-1543) était un astronome polonais qui fut connu pour avoir défendu la thèse selon laquelle la Terre tourne autour du soleil, et non l'inverse. (remark in French, as published)

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