History of a street · 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Rue Willems

In Dutch: Willemsstraat

Rue Willems, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 87% 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 – 191327
  • 1914 – 19442
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 21: 1909.

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
1905

Léonard-Constant Willems fut bourgmestre de la commune entre 1842 et 1846. (remark in French, as published)

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