History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue de l'Obus

In Dutch: Obusstraat

Rue de l'Obus, in Anderlecht, has 153 buildings on the Atlas map, for 159 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194477
  • 1945 – 196970
  • 1970 – 19895
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 195: 1959.

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
Economic life
Named in
1890

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