History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue de la Cité Moderne

In Dutch: Moderne-Wijkstraat

Rue de la Cité Moderne, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 42 buildings on the Atlas map, for 44 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196921
  • 1970 – 198919
  • 1990 – 20092
  • 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

Du nom de la coopérative qui fonda le quartier. (remark in French, as published)

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