Country France Population (2006) 9,994 Local time Tuesday 2:28 AM | Region Île-de-France Area 4.17 km² | |
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Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération du Plateau de Saclay Weather 6°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Bures-sur-Yvette is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
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Map of Bures-sur-Yvette, France
Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois.
Geography
Bures-sur-Yvette is located in the Vallée de Chevreuse on the river Yvette, along which the RER line B 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 UK.
Research
Bures-sur-Yvette hosts the greater part of the Orsay campus of the Paris University XI, as well as the IHÉS (Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques).
References
Bures-sur-Yvette Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA