History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de Normandie

In Dutch: Normandiëstraat

Rue de Normandie, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 100% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194416
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Second World War
Named in
1945

On donna à cette rue le nom de rue de Normandie pour rappeler le débarquement allié du 6 juin 1944. Elle s'appelait initialement la rue de l'Usine. (remark in French, as published)

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