History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue du Filleul

In Dutch: Petekindstraat

Rue du Filleul, in Forest, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 17 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 73% 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 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 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
Commemorative name

Le filleul peut aussi désigner le soldat à qui une jeune fille ou une femme envoie des lettres, devenant ainsi marraine de guerre. (remark in French, as published)

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