History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue du Relais

In Dutch: Pleisterplaatsstraat

Rue du Relais, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 34 buildings on the Atlas map, for 36 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 – 19699
  • 1970 – 198924
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 46C: 1987.

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
1908

La rue rassemblait des enseignes et auberges étant donné sa fonction d'axe de communication, pour permettre aux conducteurs d'attelages de se ressourcer. (remark in French, as published)

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