History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue des Béguinettes

In Dutch: Piepelingenstraat

Rue des Béguinettes, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 72 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 44% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18494
  • 1850 – 187932
  • 1880 – 191328
  • 1914 – 19448
  • 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Nature
Named in
1910

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