History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue du Sextant

In Dutch: Sextantstraat

Rue du Sextant, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 31 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 77% 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 – 198923
  • 1990 – 20097
  • 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

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Le sextant est un instrument de navigation permettant de calculer les distances à partir des étoiles. (remark in French, as published)

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