History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Saint-Roch

In Dutch: Sint-Rochusstraat

Rue Saint-Roch, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 57% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19138
  • 1914 – 19445
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

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

La rue eut cette appellation de par la présence, à l'époque, d'une chapelle Saint-Roch. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives