History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Mommaerts

In Dutch: Mommaertsstraat

Rue Mommaerts, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 79 buildings on the Atlas map, for 84 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 42% 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 – 18497
  • 1850 – 187933
  • 1880 – 191328
  • 1914 – 194411
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 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
Local notables

Guillaume Mommaerts (?-?) fut bourgmestre de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean de 1876-1878 (remark in French, as published)

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