History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Egide Walschaerts

In Dutch: Egide Walschaertsstraat

Rue Egide Walschaerts, in Saint-Gilles, has 36 buildings on the Atlas map, for 44 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 42% appear before 1914.

See the street on the map Saint-Gilles Make it a poster

When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191315
1914 – 194418
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1911. 9 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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: Local notables
Named in: 1909

Egide Walschaerts (1820-1901) était cheminot. Il est l'inventeur d'une coulisse adaptée à toute sorte de locomotives. (remark in French, as published)

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