History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de l'Ourthe

In Dutch: Ourthestraat

Rue de l'Ourthe, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 34 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 82% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191328
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1904.

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

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