History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Paloke

In Dutch: Palokestraat

Rue Paloke, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 41 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 63% 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 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198922
  • 1990 – 200910
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 89: 1934. 2 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Places and destinations
Named in
1928

Initialement, la rue se serait appelé 'palokeiaar' signifiant prunellier en moyen néerlandais. La rue aurait ensuite gardé uniquement le toponyme de rue Paloke… (remark in French, as published)

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