History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Chien Vert

In Dutch: Groene Hondstraat

Rue du Chien Vert, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% 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 – 18491
  • 1850 – 18791
  • 1880 – 19136
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life

La rue du chien vert doit son nom à une auberge reconstruite en 1705 (remark in French, as published)

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