“Imagine a time when Paris was a patchwork of villages. Vineyards and gardens thrived just outside the city’s limits. Today we’re visiting Rue des Haies Fleuries. Its very name whispers of that rustic past.
Rue des Haies Fleuries reminds us that many streets boast floral names. These names recall the 20th arrondissement’s countryside origins. It was once a place of villages vineyards and gardens.
Names like Rue des Glaïeuls and Rue des Fougères connect to lost landscapes. They evoke the gardens of the Château de Ménilmontant and the Château des Bruyères. These parks have disappeared.
Consider Rue des Mûriers. It links Avenue Gambetta to Rue des Partants. Its name comes from an old rural area.
Then there’s Rue des Pruniers. It is in the Quartier des Amandiers. It owes its name to a plum tree plantation.
Even Villa de la Saulaie tells a story. This former private road got its name from white willows. They were planted there.
And Villa des Nymphéas? This private road takes its name from white water lilies. They once grew on the land.
Don’t forget Porte des Lilas. The town of Lilas was once covered in fields orchards and woods. Birches and lilacs dominated.
Rue des Orteaux is another example. Located in the Quartier Charonne its name comes from the Latin “hortus.” Hortus means “garden.”
Rue des Grands-Champs runs parallel to Rue d’Avron. Its name points to a place where farming was common.
Rue des Prairies connects the Gambetta and Saint-Blaise areas. This street is emblematic of lively working-class streets. It was the filming location for the 1959 film “Rue des Prairies.” Jean Gabin starred in it.
The street names tell a story. Even Rue des Amandiers with its beautiful almond tree is part of it. Rue des Panoyaux refers to a grape variety without a pit. Rue des Haies was once a path lined with bushes. Rue des Vignoles means vineyards. Place du Guignier got its name from wild cherry trees called guigniers.
Rue des Haies Fleuries is a reminder that even in a city nature finds a way. The past is woven into the present. We can see it in the names of Paris streets.