History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue des Etangs Noirs

In Dutch: Zwarte Vijversstraat

Rue des Etangs Noirs, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 110 buildings on the Atlas map, for 131 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 46% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 51% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18495
  • 1850 – 187921
  • 1880 – 191330
  • 1914 – 194451
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 110: 1912.

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
Relief and landscape

Rappelle une pièce d'eau qui fut comblée. (remark in French, as published)

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