History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Van Soust

In Dutch: Van Souststraat

Rue Van Soust, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 27 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 44% 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198911
  • 1990 – 200912
  • since 20103

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
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.