History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue des Garennes

In Dutch: Konijnenwarandestraat

Rue des Garennes, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 123 buildings on the Atlas map, for 126 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 36% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 59% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18497
  • 1850 – 187922
  • 1880 – 191344
  • 1914 – 194414
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198929
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 24: 1969.

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
Named in
1910

Ce toponyme rappelle la chasse au gibier qui était pratiquée dans la localité. (remark in French, as published)

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