[1][2][3] The name Coquilliere is derived from the name of the land owner and partial builder of the street, Pierre Coquillier.
[4][5] The street was built entirely in 1292 and opened towards the end of the 13th century, shortly after the construction of the enclosure of Philippe Auguste at no.
On 15 July 1767, the Oblin-Le Camus de Mézière consortium, which had already won the subdivision of the former Hôtel de Soissons and future builder, for the benefit of Armand-Gaston Camus, the Hôtel de Beauvau and the Hôtel du Tillet street in the Rue des Saussaies, was awarded a house in the Rue Coquilliere, at the corner of the Rue de Grenelle Saint-Honore (now the Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau), in the prolongation of the old Hôtel de Soissons.
The street has hosted many hotels, such as the Hôtel de Gigault Crisenoy, which was occupied by the town hall of the 14th arrondissement from 1796 to 1803.
There are several restaurants and cafés along the street, as well as a bakery[6] and small chain supermarket.