History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue du Petit-Berchem

In Dutch: Klein Berchemstraat

Rue du Petit-Berchem, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 7 buildings on the Atlas map, for 10 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 71% 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 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19895
  • 1990 – 20092
  • 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
Places and destinations
Named in
1872

La rue s'appelait initialement la rue Auguste Van Zande (bgm de Berchem-Sainte-Agathe de 1903 à 1922. Dénomination utilisée par Molenbeek à partir du 2/6/1914 (ex. rue de la Drève). Choix de la rue du Petit-Berchem date de 1960. (remark in French, as published)

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