History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue Saint-Denis

In Dutch: Sint-Denijsstraat

Rue Saint-Denis, in Forest, has 148 buildings on the Atlas map, for 171 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 8 periods, from the 1800s to the 2010s. 30% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18495
  • 1850 – 187918
  • 1880 – 191322
  • 1914 – 194450
  • 1945 – 196936
  • 1970 – 198914
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 134: 1930. 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
Buildings
Named in
1916

Saint-Denis est le patron de la localité. L'église principale porte donc son nom. Ex. rue du Moulin (doublon) (remark in French, as published)

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