History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue des Archives

In Dutch: Archiefstraat

Rue des Archives, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 62 buildings on the Atlas map, for 67 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 198936
  • 1990 – 200917
  • since 20101

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
Belgian state

ex. avenue du Chemin de fer (remark in French, as published)

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