Arcueil (French pronunciation: [aʁkœj] ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France.[3] It is located 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from the center of Paris.

Arcueil
Maison des Gardes, part of the Guise Castle
Maison des Gardes, part of the Guise Castle
Coat of arms of Arcueil
Location of Arcueil
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Arcueil is located in France
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Arcueil is located in Île-de-France (region)
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Coordinates: 48°48′27″N 2°20′10″E / 48.8075°N 2.3361°E / 48.8075; 2.3361
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentVal-de-Marne
ArrondissementL'Haÿ-les-Roses
CantonCachan
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christian Métairie[1]
Area
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2.33 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
21,557
 • Density9,300/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC 01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
94003 /94110
Elevation42–105 m (138–344 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Name

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Map of Arcueil
 
the 3rd Arcueil aqueduct, completed in 1900, and still supplying 145 000 m3 a day to Paris.

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 Celtic suffix -ialo, "clearing, glade", "place of"), in reference to the Roman aqueduct carrying water to the Roman city of Lutetia (modern Paris).

History

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Roman Aqueduct of Lutetia
 
C.W. Eckersberg painting from 1812 showing remains of arches of Roman aqueduct

The arches of the Roman aqueduct crossed the Bièvre valley near Arcueil and are still visible at the Chateau des Arcs.

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 Vanne to Paris.[4]

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

 
Tomb of Erik Satie

Economy

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Orange France, formerly France Télécom S.A., has its headquarters in Arcueil.[5]

Geography

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The commune of Arcueil covers an area of 233 ha (0.90 sq mi). Its highest elevation is 105 m (344 ft), its lowest point is 42 m (138 ft).[6]

Arcueil is served by two stations on Paris RER line B: Laplace and Arcueil-Cachan.

Education

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Primary schools:[7]

  • 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[8] 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 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.[9]

Personalities

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Population

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Data before 1922 in the table and graph below refer to the old commune Arcueil(-Cachan), before the commune of Cachan was separated.[6]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,338—    
1800 1,168−1.92%
1806 1,200 0.45%
1821 1,439 1.22%
1831 1,809 2.31%
1836 1,746−0.71%
1841 1,734−0.14%
1846 2,701 9.27%
1851 3,071 2.60%
1856 2,957−0.75%
1861 4,078 6.64%
1866 5,024 4.26%
1872 5,258 0.76%
1876 5,299 0.19%
1881 6,067 2.74%
1886 6,465 1.28%
1891 6,088−1.19%
1896 7,064 3.02%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 8,425 3.59%
1906 9,237 1.86%
1911 11,319 4.15%
1921 14,966 2.83%
1926 12,559−3.45%
1931 16,200 5.22%
1936 16,590 0.48%
1946 16,340−0.15%
1954 18,067 1.26%
1962 20,224 1.42%
1968 21,877 1.32%
1975 20,330−1.04%
1982 20,064−0.19%
1990 20,334 0.17%
1999 18,061−1.31%
2007 19,592 1.02%
2012 19,526−0.07%
2017 21,501 1.95%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968–2017)[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune d'Arcueil (94003), INSEE.
  4. ^   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arcueil". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 447–448.
  5. ^ "Informations légales". Orange.fr (in French). 16 November 2023. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arcueil, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ "Les écoles à Arcueil." Arcueil. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.
  8. ^ Home. Collège Dulcie September. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Les lycéens du boycottent les cours Kremlin-Bicêtre" (Archive). Le Parisien. 24 September 2004. "Pour les soutenir dans leur nouveau combat, les élus en charge de la jeunesse des quatre villes dont dépend le lycée – Gentilly, Villejuif, Arcueil et Le Kremlin-Bicêtre – avaient fait le déplacement."
  10. ^ Arcueil, rue d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Arcueil: Centre Culturel Communal Erik Satie, 2006 ISBN 2-9526850-0-2
  11. ^ "Marie and Pierre Curie | Institut Curie". Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  12. ^ http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/2009/01/erik-satie.html Erik Satie's daily routine
  13. ^ Robert Orledge, Satie the Composer, Cambridge University Press 1990 p.6
  14. ^ http://www.westerncape.gov.za/eng/pubs/news/2006/jun/137558 Cape of Good Hope Gateway article
  15. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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