Oriented along a north-west/south-east axis and located on the branch towards Les Courtilles, it is positioned between the Porte de Clichy and La Fourche metro stations, the latter marking the beginning of a shared trunk line.

The station opened 20 January 1912 with the inauguration of the second branch of Line B of the Nord-Sud Company from La Fourche to Porte de Clichy.

The street is named after André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist and geologist who was responsible for the preparation of geological map of France.

As part of the RATP Renouveau du métro program, the station corridors were renovated on 19 April 2002, then the platforms in 2009, resulting in the removal of their metal panels in favor of a return to the original Nord-Sud decoration.

The white tiles and ceramics repeat the original decoration, the advertising frames and the surrounds of the station name are brown in colour.