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

Rue de la Cible

In Dutch: Schietschijfstraat

Rue de la Cible, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 92% 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 – 191312
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 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

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Buildings

La rue fut nommée ainsi suite à sa proximité avec le premier Tir national, place Dailly. Le Tir national est un complexe militaire servant à l'entraînement des soldats. Durant les deux Guerres mondiales, ce complexe sera utilisé par les Allemands pour les exécutions. (remark in French, as published)

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