History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Josaphat

In Dutch: Josafatstraat

Rue Josaphat, in Schaerbeek, has 203 buildings on the Atlas map, for 265 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 71% 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 – 18492
1850 – 187948
1880 – 1913144
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20092
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 105: 1875. 16 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Regions and countries
Named in: 1851

Le nom de la rue proviendrait de la ressemblance perçue par un pèlerin revenant de la Terre Sainte entre le relief de la commune et la vallée Josaphat de Jérusalem. Sur Saint-Josse, ex. rue Basse. (remark in French, as published)

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