History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue Rouge

In Dutch: Rodestraat

Rue Rouge, in Uccle, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 38% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 13% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19442
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19896
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1936.

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

Anciennement 'Roweg', deux hypothèses coexistent pour la traduction de ce toponyme. La première pense qu'il s'agit de la Rue de Rode. La seconde hypothèse pense que rode signifierait un champ défriché, et qu'il faudrait donc plutôt la traduire comme 'Rue du Sart'. (remark in French, as published)

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