History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Sables

In Dutch: Zandstraat

Rue des Sables, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19694
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 31: 1905.

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: Relief and landscape
Named in: 1798

es. Rue des Capucines, ex. rue Sant Souci (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives