History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de la Carpe

In Dutch: Karperstraat

Rue de la Carpe, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 71 buildings on the Atlas map, for 75 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 61% 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 – 18493
  • 1850 – 187943
  • 1880 – 191319
  • 1914 – 19445
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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

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En référence à la technique de la pisciculture utilisée à Molenbeek. Cette rue joint la rue des Etangs-Noirs. (remark in French, as published)

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