Bures-sur-Yvette explained

Bures-sur-Yvette
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Bures-sur-Yvette.svg
Coordinates:48.6969°N 2.1639°W
Demonym:Buressois
Insee:91122
Postal Code:91440
Arrondissement:Palaiseau
Canton:Gif-sur-Yvette
Intercommunality:CA Paris-Saclay
Mayor:Jean-François Vigier[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Elevation Min M:56
Elevation Max M:163
Area Km2:4.17

Bures-sur-Yvette (in French pronounced as /byʁ syʁ ivɛt/, "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, with a population of 9,254 as of 2021.

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 (masculine) and Buressoises (feminine) in French.

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.