History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue de la Forge

In Dutch: Smidsestraat

Rue de la Forge, in Saint-Gilles, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 77% 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 – 191320
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1896.

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
Economic life
Named in
1871

En référence à la forge qui y était établie jadis. (remark in French, as published)

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