Bures-sur-Yvette (French pronunciation: [byʁ syʁ ivɛt] , lit. "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).
See also
- Communes of the Essonne department
References
External links
- Bures-sur-Yvette city council website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)
