History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Menuet

In Dutch: Menuetstraat

Rue du Menuet, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 29 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 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 – 196918
  • 1970 – 198911
  • 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
Theme
Arts and culture

Le menuet désigne une danse qui se pratiquait dans les cours aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle, ainsi que la musique sur laquelle cette danse s'exécutait. (remark in French, as published)

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