History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Philomène

In Dutch: Philomènestraat

Rue Philomène, in Schaerbeek, has 95 buildings on the Atlas map, for 104 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 61% 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 – 187927
1880 – 191358
1914 – 194410
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 37: 1871.

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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 1851

Dans les bosquets de cette rue se trouvaient de nombreux rossignols dont un des noms est Philomèles. Par déformation, la rue serait devenue rue Philomène. ex. rue de la Paix. (remark in French, as published)

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