History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue de l'Equerre

In Dutch: Winkelhaakstraat

Rue de l'Equerre, in Evere, has 38 buildings on the Atlas map, for 39 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 39% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 45% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18491
  • 1850 – 187911
  • 1880 – 19135
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198915
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20101

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Relief and landscape
Named in
1954

La seule explication plausible qui fut trouvée vient de la forme de la rue. Celle-ci forme en effet un parfait angle droit. (remark in French, as published)

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