History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue des Bons Enfants

In Dutch: Bravekinderenstraat

Rue des Bons Enfants, in Brussels, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 24 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 95% 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 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 200920
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: Unknown origin
Named in: 1922

En général, ce toponyme fait référence à un couvent (comme à Liège) ou un café (comme au Sablon). Pour cette rue-ci, aucune des deux explications n'a pu être vérifiées. Ex. rue de l'Eglise (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives