History of a street · 1140 Evere

Rue du Moulin à Vent

In Dutch: Windmolenstraat

Rue du Moulin à Vent, in Evere, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 20 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 95% 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 – 196919
  • 1970 – 19891
  • 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1939

Un Moulin à vent se trouvait effectivement à cet endroit, et fut réaménagé en Musée bruxellois du Moulin et de l'Alimentation. Il est donc encore possible de visiter ce moulin. (remark in French, as published)

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

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