History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Vifquin

In Dutch: Vifquinstraat

Rue Vifquin, in Schaerbeek, has 84 buildings on the Atlas map, for 85 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 – 18795
1880 – 191379
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 58: 1910.

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: 1860

Jean-Baptiste Vifquin (1789-1854) est un ingénieur à l'origine entre autres des boulevards de la Petite Ceinture, du canal de Bruxelles-Charleroi, de la Place de la Monnaie. (remark in French, as published)

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