History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue de Douvres

In Dutch: Doverstraat

Rue de Douvres, in Anderlecht, has 102 buildings on the Atlas map, for 114 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 40% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18791
  • 1880 – 191340
  • 1914 – 194456
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 25: 1879. 2 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Regions and countries
Named in
1880

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