History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue de l'Argonne

In Dutch: Argonnestraat

Rue de l'Argonne, in Saint-Gilles, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187914
  • 1880 – 191311
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 32: 1928.

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

Auparavant rue de Prusse, la rue prit sa dénomination actuelle après 1918. (remark in French, as published)

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

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