History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles
Rue de la Source
In Dutch: Bronstraat
Rue de la Source, in Saint-Gilles, has 88 buildings on the Atlas map, for 101 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 69% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 187912
- 1880 – 191361
- 1914 – 194412
- 1945 – 19691
- 1970 – 19892
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 43: 1874. 36 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
- Relief and landscape
- Named in
- 1864
L'Elsbeek, aussi appelé Leysbeke d'Alsemberg se situe là à sa source, d'où la présence auparavant d'un sol sablonneux qui justifia l'ancienne dénomination de la rue : rue des Sables. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.