History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Gabrielle Petit

In Dutch: Gabrielle Petitstraat

Rue Gabrielle Petit, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 35 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 96% 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 – 19131
  • 1914 – 194427
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 4: 1912. 3 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
First World War
Named in
1918

Gabrielle Petit (1893-1916) fut une résistante pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Infirmière et espionne, avant d'être repérée et fusillée au Tir National. Initialement, la rue était nommée rue de Hambourg mais changea de nom en 1918. (remark in French, as published)

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