History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Maurice Wilmotte

In Dutch: Maurice Wilmottestraat

Rue Maurice Wilmotte, in Saint-Gilles, has 68 buildings on the Atlas map, for 76 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 90% 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 – 191361
1914 – 19445
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 33: 1893. 19 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: Scientists
Named in: 1947

Maurice Wilmotte (1861-1942) était un philologue. Originaire de Liège, il rénovera la philologie au sein de l'Université de Liège. Il vécut et mourut à Saint-Gilles. (remark in French, as published)

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