History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de la Sambre

In Dutch: Samberstraat

Rue de la Sambre, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 34 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 93% 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 194426
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 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
Relief and landscape

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