Bures-sur-Yvette (, "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.
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 William of Bures, knight, Prince of Galilee
References
External links Bures-sur-Yvette city council website (in French)
Mayors of Essonne Association