Rue

The street is a space of circulation in the Ville, structuring the district S. It serves the Logement S and the places of economic activity, which in fact a Voie of the urban network. It is also a space of exchange (Commerce S).

It is distinguished from the other streets (Voirie) like the Allée S, the Cours or the Boulevard S and Avenue S by its relative low width in particular, and by the absence of Contre-allée S.

A particularly narrow street can be described as lane . A street not having that an entrance point is a Impasse or a Cul-de-sac. Where the ways giving access the entry of a street are its holding , where the ways located at the other end of the street are its bordering .

There can be a separation of flows of circulation per type of users:

Street names

A street name is called a Odonyme.

The streets are often named according to famous people, place names or dates historical.

In the recent cities whose plan is in squaring, the streets carry often simply a number as a name (this principle is used primarily in North America).

In the recent districts, one often chooses a common topic for all the streets of the district (for example, names of musicians, names of birds…). This system is practical to make it possible to guess in which district a street is located, with the simple statement of its name, but it does not function although if there is no street name being included in the same category in another district…

Plan of classification of the streets

detailed Article: Classification of the ways

According to the countries, the numbers are allotted in a systematic way or not. Some frequently observed rules of classification:

  • even numbers on a side of the street and odd numbers of the other;
  • increasing numbers in the direction opposed to the downtown area;
  • arbitrary numbers following itself one by one, with possible use of numbers (a) and for the third time to decide between subdivisions of a piece carrying initially only one number;
  • numbers representing a distance (in meters) since the entry of the street.
In France attribution by the commune or its agglomeration in a nonsystematic way and independently of the postal services by with dimensions odd pars/in metric classification or not.

See too

List particular names of streets:
  • Gone female
  • Highway female
  • Which occurred female
  • male Boulevard
  • male Crossroads
  • Fitted female
  • male Way
  • Closed male
  • Coast female
  • Court female
  • male Course
  • male Degree
  • Esplanade female
  • Dead end female
  • Connection female
  • male Mail
  • Montée female
  • male Passage
  • Place female
  • Placette female
  • male Pont
  • Promenade female
  • male Quai
  • Résidence female
  • male Rond-Point
  • Rang female Masculin
  • Route
  • Ruelle female
  • Feels female
  • male Sentier
  • male Public garden
  • female Traboule
  • Cross-piece female
  • Alley female
  • Way female

But also:

  • Bank

  • Cul-de-sac
  • Strap
  • Staircase
  • Gyratory Square
  • Footbridge
  • Garden

External bonds

  • See a diagram detailed on the cut of a street

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