History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue du Mont-Blanc

In Dutch: Witte-Bergstraat

Rue du Mont-Blanc, in Saint-Gilles, has 64 buildings on the Atlas map, for 77 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 81% 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 – 18799
  • 1880 – 191352
  • 1914 – 19443
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 53: 1885. 24 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Regions and countries

En référence au massif montagneux. Pourquoi ? Aucune explication n'a été trouvée. Il se pourrait également que ce nom lui fut attribué en référence au dénivelé qu'elle amorce. (remark in French, as published)

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