History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Edmond de Grimberghe

In Dutch: Edmond de Grimberghestraat

Rue Edmond de Grimberghe, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 59 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 41% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18499
  • 1850 – 187924
  • 1880 – 191317
  • 1914 – 19449
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Belgian figure

Le Comte Edmond de Grimberghe (1865-1920) fut ministres des affaires étrangères et artiste peintre. (remark in French, as published)

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