History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Bogards

In Dutch: Bogaardenstraat

Rue des Bogards, in Brussels, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 56% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 67% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18792
1880 – 191310
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 11: 1897. 2 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Religion
Named in: 1872

La rue doit son nom à l'ancien couvent des Franciscains, surnommés Bogards. Autre hypothèse: communauté de vieillards (Fichiers AVB) (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives