History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue du Feu

In Dutch: Vuurstraat

Rue du Feu, in Forest, has 33 buildings on the Atlas map, for 38 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 64% 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 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 194421
1945 – 196912
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 55: 1917.

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: 1860

Dénommée ainsi vers 1860. 'Origine du nom : de la traduction erronée de son ancien nom Lange Vierstraat (1694). Vier (vee, bétail) a été corrompu en vuur, feu.' EBRU (remark in French, as published)

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