History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Halles

In Dutch: Hallenstraat

Rue des Halles, in Brussels, has 6 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 67% 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 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18794
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1872. 4 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
Economic life
Named in
1872

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

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