History of a street · 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Rue des Deux Eglises

In Dutch: Tweekerkenstraat

Rue des Deux Eglises, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, has 59 buildings on the Atlas map, for 81 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 78% 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 – 18491
  • 1850 – 187946
  • 1880 – 19138
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 60: 1870. 13 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
Buildings

La rue fut appelée ainsi car elle devait relier les Eglises Saint-Joseph et Saint-Josse. Les travaux d'aménagement feront disparaître deux fermes et permettront l'assainissement du quartier. (remark in French, as published)

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

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