Bures-sur-Yvette

Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette
Commune
	The town hall of Bures-sur-Yvette
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°41′49″N 2°09′50″E / 48.6969°N 2.1639°ECoordinates: 48°41′49″N 2°09′50″E / 48.6969°N 2.1639°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Gif-sur-Yvette
Intercommunality	CA Paris-Saclay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Vigier
Area 1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	9,577
• Density	2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91122 /91440
Elevation	56–163 m (184–535 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bures-sur-Yvette (French pronunciation: [byʁ syʁ ivɛt] (listen), literally Bures on Yvette) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern 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 University of Paris-Sud (Paris XI), as well as the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS).

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.