Belville, which means "beautiful city" in French, is a common name of residential quarters in France, Canada and the United States.

Investor of the Belville construction is the company Block 67 Associates, whose founders are Delta Real Estate and Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank a.d..

Construction works were performed by the companies Deneza M, Montera, GK Kocic, Eksing, Grading, Gredina, Ratko Mitrovic Dedinje and Integral Banja Luka.

The project was started in August 2006, construction began in June 2007, and in March 2009 the first apartments were ready to be used by participants in the 2009 Summer Universiade.

Also built within the complex are a computer center, two 10-storeys business towers, a post office, underground garages, hair and beauty salons, a trim trail, etc.

The city government plans to make the University Village a fully functional residential neighborhood for 6,000 inhabitants after the Universiade, so from 2009 new schools, kindergarten, retirement homes, etc.

The Universiade was officially opened in the Arena Belgrade, and sports competitions were held in Zemun, Pancevo, Obrenovac, Novi Sad, Smederevo and Vrsac.

Inhabitants were constantly illegally tapping on the electricity lines, from any source possible: street lights, traffic signs, neighboring railway facilities, etc., using cables without an insulation dragged through the water.

After a long stalemate, the city forcefully, using the police, first counted the settlers and then relocated them all, 974 persons, in one day, 26 April 2012.

City employed 450 communal workers and 110 buses which relocated the inhabitants to Makiš, Jabučki Rit, Resnik, Dren, Barajevo and Kijevo.