History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Choeur

In Dutch: Koorstraat

Rue du Choeur, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 54 buildings on the Atlas map, for 59 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 61% 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 – 187917
  • 1880 – 191333
  • 1914 – 19444
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 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
Buildings
Named in
1851

La rue doit son nom à sa proximité avec l’église décanale. ex. petite rue du Curé. (remark in French, as published)

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