History of a street · 1060 Saint-Gilles

Rue Saint-Bernard

In Dutch: Sint-Bernardusstraat

Rue Saint-Bernard, in Saint-Gilles, has 151 buildings on the Atlas map, for 189 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 84% 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 – 18796
1880 – 1913127
1914 – 19447
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20095
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 51: 1867. 49 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Religion
Named in: 1866

Plusieurs hypothèses coexistent. La première attribue cette appellation à une référence aux massifs montagneux, expliqué également par la proximité de la Rue du Mont-Blanc. La seconde hypothèse affirme qu'il s'agit en réalité de la rue du Saint-Bernard et qu'elle ferait référence au fondateur de l'abbaye de Clairvaux, dans l'Aube. (remark in French, as published)

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