History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue du Buis

In Dutch: Buksboomstraat

Rue du Buis, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 50 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 66% 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 – 19132
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 200933
  • since 201014

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 55: 1908. 2 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

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