History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Digue du Canal

In Dutch: Vaartdijk

Digue du Canal, in Anderlecht, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 38% 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 – 19693
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20102

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
Descriptive name
Theme
Relief and landscape
Named in
1890

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