Bures-sur-Yvette

Bures-sur-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, with a population of 9,254 as of 2021.

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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

Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois and Buressoises in French.

Research

Bures-sur-Yvette hosts the greater part of the Orsay campus of the University of Paris-Sud, as well as the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques.