History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Comte de Flandre

In Dutch: Graaf van Vlaanderenstraat

Rue du Comte de Flandre, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 36 buildings on the Atlas map, for 45 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 69% 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 – 187925
  • 1880 – 19136
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20101

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
Theme
Belgian state

Le titre de Comte de Flandre fut porté par le roi Philippe (1837-1905), fils de Léopold Ier, ainsi que Charles de Belgique (1903-1983), fils de Albert Ier. Il ne fut plus ensuite porté par personne et représente aujourd'hui un titre honorifique et symbolique. (remark in French, as published)

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