History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Rue de la Paroisse

In Dutch: Parochiestraat

Rue de la Paroisse, in Brussels, has 49 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 41% 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 194420
  • 1945 – 19693
  • 1970 – 198920
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 34: 1891. 21 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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
Named in
1922

La rue doit son nom à la présence de la paroisse Sainte-Elisabeth à Haren. Ex. rue de Dieghem (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives