History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue Molenvelt

In Dutch: Molenveltstraat

Rue Molenvelt, in Uccle, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 41 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 69% 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 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 200927
  • since 201012

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1955

Littéralement, le champ aux moulins, le domaine des moulins. Cette rue est à proximité de la rue Zandbeek. Il semblerait donc que des moulins soient effectivement à l'origine de ces toponymes. (remark in French, as published)

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