History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue des Astronomes

In Dutch: Sterrenkundigenstraat

Rue des Astronomes, in Uccle, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 55% 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 – 19441
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19897
1990 – 200916
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 7: 1929. 3 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: Economic life
Named in: 1909

Nom se rapportant à l'astronomie car proche de l'observatoire. (remark in French, as published)

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