History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Eugène Verheggen

In Dutch: Eugène Verheggenstraat

Rue Eugène Verheggen, in Saint-Gilles, has 20 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 45% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 45% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19139
1914 – 19448
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1907. 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: 1905

Il fit un don aux hospices de la localité de Saint-Gilles, au tournant du Xxe siècle. Cette rue étant principalement sur Saint-Gilles, elle fut nommée ainsi. (remark in French, as published)

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