History of a street · 1000 Brussels
Rue des Bouchers
In Dutch: Beenhouwersstraat
Rue des Bouchers, in Brussels, has 44 buildings on the Atlas map, for 72 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 48% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 30% appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18494
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19139
- 1914 – 194421
- 1945 – 19698
- 1970 – 19892
- 1990 – 20090
- since 20100
The oldest individually dated building is at no. 33: 1847. 16 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
- 1851
ex. grande rue des bouchers (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives
