History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Commerce

In Dutch: Handelsstraat

Rue du Commerce, in Brussels, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 47 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1850s to the 2010s. 24% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18795
1880 – 19132
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19695
1970 – 19896
1990 – 20095
since 20104

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1935. 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

Kind of name: Symbolic name
Theme: Values and virtues

Quartier à thème autour des différents secteurs de la société : la science, les arts, la loi, le commerce et l'industrie. Ces différents axes s'articulent autour du square Frère Orban. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives