History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue du Bivouac

In Dutch: Bivakstraat

Rue du Bivouac, in Anderlecht, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 72% of its buildings appear in that period.

See the street on the map Anderlecht Make it a poster

When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198913
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20103

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Named in
1936

Le bivouac représente initialement un tour de garde nocturne. Par la suite, il désignera tout rassemblement et campement de nuit, tant pour les militaires que pour les sportifs ou les scientifiques par exemple. (remark in French, as published)

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