History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue de l'Hospice Communal

In Dutch: Gemeentelijke Godshuisstraat

Rue de l'Hospice Communal, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 175 buildings on the Atlas map, for 195 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 8 periods, from the 1800s to the 2010s. 48% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18495
  • 1850 – 187930
  • 1880 – 191349
  • 1914 – 194427
  • 1945 – 196920
  • 1970 – 198941
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 140: 1912.

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
Buildings
Named in
1915

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