History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue des Chats

In Dutch: Kattestraat

Rue des Chats, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 96 buildings on the Atlas map, for 100 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 49% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198931
  • 1990 – 200947
  • since 201018

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Places and destinations

Le lieu dit était autrefois dénommé 'Katte Burne'. Cette rue est antérieure à 1845. (remark in French, as published)

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