History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Facteur

In Dutch: Briefdragerstraat

Rue du Facteur, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18493
  • 1850 – 18797
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 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
Economic life
Named in
1851

ex. petite rue de l'Ecole. (remark in French, as published)

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