Popp, Parcel cadastral atlas of Belgium, 1842 - 1879

Between 1842 and 1879, Philippe-Christian Popp (1805-1879) embarked on the ambitious project initiated by Philippe Vandermaelen, which consisted in drawing the cadastral plans of all Belgian municipalities. He wanted to make it available to a large audience for a modest price. His death in 1879 interrupted the creation of his Atlas cadastral parcellaire de la Belgique [...]. His widow Caroline-Clémence Boussart (1808-1891) completed the publication of the plans for the province of Liège. The fund has approximately 1,800 plans (some of which cover several folios), to be increased by the 164 cadastral plans of the Atlas cadastral du Royaume de Belgique published by Philippe Vandermaelen (Source: KBR). The dataset mainly consists of the scanned original Popp maps, where not available these are supplemented with scans of copies made by UGent. The maps were georeferenced using the GRB.

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Last Updated April 6, 2023, 08:01 (UTC)
Created April 6, 2023, 08:01 (UTC)
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