Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette (Fr-Paris--Bures-sur-Yvette.ogg, "Bures-on-Yvette") is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is a southern Parisian outer suburb in the Vallée de Chevreuse.
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Bures-sur-Yvette (Fr-Paris--Bures-sur-Yvette.ogg, "Bures-on-Yvette") is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is a southern Parisian outer suburb in the Vallée de Chevreuse.
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• Name — Bures-sur-Yvette • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason Bures-sur-Yvette.svg • Demonym — Buressois • Insee — 91122 • Postal Code — 91440 • Arrondissement — Palaiseau • Canton — Gif-sur-Yvette • Intercommunality — CA Paris-Saclay • Mayor — Jean-François Vigier • Term — 2020–2026 • Elevation Min M — 56 • Elevation Max M — 163 • Area Km2 — 4.17 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes Bures-sur-Yvette (Fr-Paris--Bures-sur-Yvette.ogg, "Bures-on-Yvette") is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is a southern Parisian outer suburb in the Vallée de Chevreuse.
Geography
Geography
Bures-sur-Yvette is located in the Vallée de Chevreuse on the river Yvette, along which the RER B line is laid. The stations on the line serving the commune are Bures-sur-Yvette and La Hacquinière. Adjacent communes are Orsay, Gif-sur-Yvette, Gometz-le-Châtel and Les Ulis. The small town is also twinned with Crewkerne, England.
Demographics
Demographics
Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois (masculine) and Buressoises (feminine) in French.
Research
Research
Bures-sur-Yvette hosts the greater part of the Orsay campus of the University of Paris-Sud (Paris XI), as well as the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS).
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