Bures-sur-Yvette

Bures-sur-Yvette
Commune
The town hall of Bures-sur-Yvette
Coat of arms
Location of Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette Bures-sur-Yvette
Coordinates: 48°41′49″N 2°09′50″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Gif-sur-Yvette
Intercommunality	CA Paris-Saclay
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-François Vigier
Area 1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	9,254
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,700/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 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).

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

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)