History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Chapeliers

In Dutch: Hoedenmakersstraat

Rue des Chapeliers, in Brussels, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 48% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 72% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16996
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191312
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 6: 1698. 8 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
1908

ex. impasse de la Violette (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives