History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Heyvaert

In Dutch: Heyvaertstraat

Rue Heyvaert, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 78 buildings on the Atlas map, for 104 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 73% 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 – 18799
  • 1880 – 191357
  • 1914 – 194410
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20092
  • 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
Local notables
Named in
1856

Théodore Heyvaert (1834-1907) fut gouverneur de la province du brabant de 1883 à 1884. (remark in French, as published)

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