History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Dinant

In Dutch: Dinantstraat

Rue de Dinant, in Brussels, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 4 periods, from the 1850s to the 2000s. 43% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18791
  • 1880 – 19132
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20092
  • 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
First World War
Named in
1919

La rue fut baptisée en hommage à la ville qui fut particulièrement touchée lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives