History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue des Moutons

In Dutch: Schapenstraat

Rue des Moutons, in Uccle, has 62 buildings on the Atlas map, for 64 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 65% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 196915
  • 1970 – 198940
  • 1990 – 20096
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 64: 1937. 3 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Nature
Named in
1929

La rue des poussins fait référence à une ferme qui se situait là. Dans les environs, on retrouve la rue du Coq (le nom de la ferme), ainsi que la rue des moutons et la montagne aux loups. (remark in French, as published)

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