History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue des Quatre-Vents

In Dutch: Vier-windenstraat

Rue des Quatre-Vents, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 162 buildings on the Atlas map, for 202 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 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 – 18493
  • 1850 – 187932
  • 1880 – 1913108
  • 1914 – 194416
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 70A: 1910. 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life

La rue des Quatre-Vents provient d'une enseigne d'auberge (remark in French, as published)

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