History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Dethy

In Dutch: Dethystraat

Rue Dethy, in Saint-Gilles, has 97 buildings on the Atlas map, for 122 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 72% 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 – 18793
  • 1880 – 191370
  • 1914 – 194423
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 36: 1896. 9 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
Local notables
Named in
1865

De la famille qui possédait de nombreux terrains, mais dont le nom de famille était 'de Thy'. (remark in French, as published)

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