History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue de Mérode

In Dutch: de Mérodestraat

Rue de Mérode, in Forest, has 141 buildings on the Atlas map, for 218 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% 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 – 191385
  • 1914 – 194448
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 434: 1901. 19 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Belgian state
Named in
1864

Cette rue fait référence aux héros de 1830. Cependant, il pourrait s'agir de Charles de Mérode (1762 - 1830), ou d'un de ses deux fils : Frédéric (1792 - 1830) considéré comme héros de 1830 car il est décédé durant les affrontements, ou de Félix (1791 - 1857), politicien qui joua un rôle important dans la constitution du nouvel Etat. (remark in French, as published)

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