History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue Roosendael

In Dutch: Roosendaelstraat

Rue Roosendael, in Forest, has 112 buildings on the Atlas map, for 125 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 67% 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 – 19132
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 196910
  • 1970 – 198975
  • 1990 – 200915
  • since 20104

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 115: 1910. 9 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
1922

Roosendael peut signifier “le val des roses”. Ex. rue Val des Roses (doublon) (remark in French, as published)

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