ARCUEIL  , a

town of northern France, in the department of Seine, on the Bievre, 22 m . N.E. of Sceaux on the railway from Paris to Limours . Pop . (1906) 866o . The town has an interesting church dating from the 13th to the 15th century . It takes its name from a Roman aqueduct, the Arcus Juliani (Arculi), some traces of which still remain . In 1613—1624 a bridge-aqueduct 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 another aqueduct, still longer, was superimposed above that of the 17th 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 .