Arcueil

ARCUEIL, a town of northern France, in the department of Seine, on the Bievre, 2} m. N.E. of Sceaux on the railway from Paris to Limours. Pop. (1906) 8660. The town has an interesting church dating from the ijth to the 1510 century. It takes its name from a Roman aqueduct, the Arcus Juliani (Arculi), some traces of which still remain. In 1613-1624 a bridgeaqueduct over 1300 ft. long was constructed to convey water from the spring of Rungis some 4 m. south of Arcueil, across the Bievre to the Luxembourg palace in Paris. In 1868-1872 ARCULF— ARDASHIR another aqueduct, still longer, was superimposed above that of the 1 7th century, forming part of the system conveying water from the river Vanne to Paris. The two together reach a height of about 135 ft. Bleaching, and the manufacture of bottle capsules, patent leather and other articles are carried on at Arcueil; and there are important stone-quarries.