History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Saint-Jean Népomucène

In Dutch: Sint-Jan Nepomucenusstraat

Rue Saint-Jean Népomucène, in Brussels, has 19 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 63% 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 – 191312
  • 1914 – 19445
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 15: 1910. 6 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
1841

A l'origine, la rue se prolongeait par un pont pour traverser la Senne. Sur ce pont se trouvait une grande statue de Saint-Jean Népomucène, saint que le gouverneur autrichien, gouvernant les provinces en 1725, appréciait particulièrement. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives