Arcueil () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne

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in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.

Name

The name Arcueil was recorded for the first time in 1119 as ''Arcoloï'', and later in the 12th century as ''Arcoïalum'', meaning "place of the arches" ( Latin radical ''arcus'', "arch", and

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suffix ''-ialo'', "clearing, glade", "place of"), in reference to the

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carrying water to the Roman city of '' Lutetia'' (modern Paris). Still standing, the arches of the Roman aqueduct are still visible since the Middle Ages, crossing the Bièvre valley near Arcueil.

History

Between 1613 and 1624 a bridge-aqueduct over 1300 ft. long was constructed to convey water from the spring of Rungis, south of Arcueil, across the river Bièvre to the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Between 1868 and 1872 another aqueduct, still longer, was superimposed above that of the 17th century, forming part of the system conveying water from the river

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to Paris. The commune of Arcueil was officially renamed ''Arcueil-Cachan'' in 1894, after the hamlet of

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located within the commune. On 26 December 1922, Cachan seceded from the commune of ''Arcueil-Cachan'' and became a commune in its own right. The reduced commune of ''Arcueil-Cachan'' was renamed simply Arcueil. Satie-memo

Economy

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, formerly France Télécom S.A., has its headquarters in Arcueil.

Transport

Arcueil is served by two stations on Paris RER line B:

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and Arcueil-Cachan.

Education

Primary schools: * Five preschools: Henri Barbusse, Danielle Casanova, Jules Ferry, Olympe de Gouges, and Pauline Kergomard * Five elementary schools: Henri Barbusse, Jules Ferry, Olympe de Gouges, Aimé Césaire, and Jean Macé There is one junior high school, Collège Dulcie September and an engineering College, the École supérieure d'ingénieurs des travaux de la construction de Paris. Residents are served by the Lycée intercommunal Darius-Milhaud in

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Personalities

* Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589), member of the "Pléiade".''Arcueil, rue d'hier et d'aujourd'hui''. Arcueil: Centre Culturel Communal Erik Satie, 2006 * Adrienne Bolland (1895–1975), first woman to fly an airplane across the Andes, was born in Arcueil. * Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), chemist. * Michel Bulteau, writer and cult film maker, is a native of Arcueil. *

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and Marie Curie installed at Arcueil an annex of the Institut du Radium for the chemical treatment of radioactive elements. * Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion designer. * Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827), mathematician, astronomer and physicist. * Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) also called "Douanier Rousseau", notable naive painter. * The

Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well as numerous accusat ...

, writer and libertine. *

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

, composer, lived in Arcueil from 1898 to 1925. He is buried in the town. *

Dulcie September Dulcie Evonne September (20 August 1935 – 29 March 1988) was a South African anti-apartheid political activist. Born in Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa, she was assassinated in Paris, France. Early life The second eldest daughter of Jak ...

, of the African National Congress, when living in France lodged in Arcueil; an Arcueil high school is named after her.http://www.westerncape.gov.za/eng/pubs/news/2006/jun/137558 Cape of Good Hope Gateway article

Population

References

External links

Official website

Arcueil Business Theatre
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