History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Géomètre

In Dutch: Landmeterstraat

Rue du Géomètre, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 34 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 62% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 198916
  • 1990 – 20092
  • 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

Le géomètre est celui qui établit différentes mesures touchant les propriétés foncières. (remark in French, as published)

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