History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Van Meyel

In Dutch: Van Meyelstraat

Rue Van Meyel, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 54 buildings on the Atlas map, for 66 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 94% 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 – 18791
  • 1880 – 191351
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Arts and culture

Il semblerait qu'il s'agisse d'une référence à un peintre flamand. (remark in French, as published)

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