History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Villers

In Dutch: Villersstraat

Rue de Villers, in Brussels, has 9 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 67% 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 – 18792
  • 1880 – 19136
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Places and destinations
Named in
1851

La rue de Villers donne sur la porte de Villers. ex. rue des Chats. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives