History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Sonnet

In Dutch: Sonnetstraat

Rue du Sonnet, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 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 – 19692
  • 1970 – 198917
  • 1990 – 20093
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Arts and culture

Le sonnet est un poème répondant à des exigences bien particulières. (remark in French, as published)

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