History of a street · 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Rue Linné

In Dutch: Linnéstraat

Rue Linné, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, has 60 buildings on the Atlas map, for 76 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 53% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18499
  • 1850 – 187932
  • 1880 – 191316
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20090
  • 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
Scientists
Named in
1878

Carl von Linné (1707-1778) était un célèbre botaniste suédois qui doit sa renommée, principalement pour le développement de la nomenclature binomiale toujours utilisée aujourd'hui. (remark in French, as published)

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