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.
3-638: 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. Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois (masculine) and Buressoises (feminine) in French. Bures-sur-Yvette hosts
6-479: The communes around Chevreuse ( Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse , Choisel , Dampierre , etc.) within the Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse and communes further downstream until Palaiseau : Gif-sur-Yvette , Bures-sur-Yvette , Orsay , Villebon-sur-Yvette , etc. 48°42′N 2°2′E / 48.700°N 2.033°E / 48.700; 2.033 This Île-de-France geographical article
9-703: 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). This Essonne geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vall%C3%A9e de Chevreuse Vallée de Chevreuse (Chevreuse Valley) is the valley of the Yvette River in the Yvelines and Essonne departments. It encompasses
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