History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue des Châtaignes

In Dutch: Kastanjestraat

Rue des Châtaignes, in Forest, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 45 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19132
1914 – 19440
1945 – 196910
1970 – 198920
1990 – 20094
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 15: 1912. 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature

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