History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue des Huit Heures

In Dutch: Achturenstraat

Rue des Huit Heures, in Anderlecht, has 48 buildings on the Atlas map, for 48 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 100% 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 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191348
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 20: 1907. 48 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Belgian state
Named in
1921

La journée de huit heures était revendiquée depuis le XIXe siècle par différents mouvements ouvriers, mais fut instaurée en Belgique en 1921. (remark in French, as published)

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