History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de la Mélopée

In Dutch: Melopeestraat

Rue de la Mélopée, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 41 buildings on the Atlas map, for 44 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 68% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198928
  • 1990 – 200912
  • since 20101

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
Commemorative name
Theme
Arts and culture

La mélopée est un chant relativement monotone et mélancolique. Cela désignait autrefois un ensemble de règles de composition pour le chant. (remark in French, as published)

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