History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue de Boetendael

In Dutch: Boetendaelstraat

Rue de Boetendael, in Uccle, has 96 buildings on the Atlas map, for 101 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 82% 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 – 19137
  • 1914 – 194479
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
Religion
Named in
1926

Littéralement 'chemin de la pénitence', ce toponyme fait référence à un couvent de Franciscains qui était établi non loin de là. La pénitence désigne l'absolution des péchés, par confession notamment. (remark in French, as published)

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