History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Coppens

In Dutch: Coppensstraat

Rue Coppens, in Brussels, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 20 addresses. It was mostly built between 1800 and 1849: 88% 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 – 184914
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 13: 1827. 15 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: Architecture

François Coppens (?-?) est l'architecte qui a tracé et fait construire cette rue. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives