History of a street · 1120 Brussels
Rue Saint-Nicolas
In Dutch: Sint-Nikolaasstraat
Rue Saint-Nicolas, in Brussels, has 32 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 63% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19130
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 19898
- 1990 – 200920
- since 20104
No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.
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
- 1922
La rue doit son nom au fait qu'elle permette de rejoindre l'église Saint-Nicolas. Ex. chemin de l'église (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further reading: City of Brussels Archives