History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue Van Soust

In Dutch: Van Souststraat

Rue Van Soust, in Anderlecht, has 241 buildings on the Atlas map, for 272 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19445
1945 – 1969129
1970 – 198988
1990 – 200916
since 20103

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 278: 1961. 4 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Local notables
Named in: 1922

Michel-François Van Soust (?-?) fut 'maire' d'Anderlecht de 1801 à 1812 et travaillait dans l'industrie de coton de la commune. ex. ancienne chaussée de Ninove. (remark in French, as published)

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