History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Jean Verbiest

In Dutch: Jean Verbieststraat

Rue Jean Verbiest, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 28 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 48% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 196913
  • 1970 – 19898
  • 1990 – 20096
  • 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

Jean Verbiest (?-?), échevin. (remark in French, as published)

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