History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Laekenveld

In Dutch: Laekenveldstraat

Rue du Laekenveld, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 66 buildings on the Atlas map, for 71 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 92% 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 – 19135
  • 1914 – 194461
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 85: 1921. 9 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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
Places and destinations

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