History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Marché aux Porcs

In Dutch: Varkensmarkt

Rue du Marché aux Porcs, in Brussels, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 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 – 19130
1914 – 194411
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1932. 3 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: Economic life
Named in: 1853

Marché-aux-Porcs devient rue Marché-aux-Porcs (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives