History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Grand Cerf

In Dutch: Grotehertstraat

Rue du Grand Cerf, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 40% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 47% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18792
1880 – 19135
1914 – 19446
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 26: 1930.

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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 1877

Le qualificatif Grand a été ajouté fin XIXe siècle afin de ne pas confondre avec la rue du Cerf à Forest et Anderlecht. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives