History of a street · 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Rue de l'Union

In Dutch: Uniestraat

Rue de l'Union, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 74% 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 – 18791
  • 1880 – 191329
  • 1914 – 19449
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 16: 1895.

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
Belgian state

Il s'agit sans doute à nouveau de l'Union qui eut lieu entre catholiques et libéraux, groupes politiques ennemis, ainsi qu'entre les wallons et les flamands en 1830. (remark in French, as published)

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