History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue des Ebats

In Dutch: Ravotterijstraat

Rue des Ebats, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 50% 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 – 19696
  • 1970 – 19896
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues

Les ébats ici ne sont sans doute pas à prendre comme des jeux amoureux, mais bien au sens de divertissements et amusements en plein-air, à l'extérieur. (remark in French, as published)

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