History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Plume

In Dutch: Pluimstraat

Rue de la Plume, in Brussels, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 62% 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 – 19134
  • 1914 – 19448
  • 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
Economic life

La rue doit son nom à la présence d'une ancienne auberge (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives