History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue de France

In Dutch: Frankrijkstraat

Rue de France, in Saint-Gilles, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 14% appear before 1914.

See the street on the map Saint-Gilles Make it a poster

When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 6: 1952. 4 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Regions and countries
Named in
1870

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