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.
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Commune | |
![]() The town hall of Bures-sur-Yvette | |
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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 |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Vigier[1] |
Area 1 | 4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi) |
Population | 9,408 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (5,800/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 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.
Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois in French.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 5,733 | — |
1975 | 6,870 | +2.62% |
1982 | 7,764 | +1.76% |
1990 | 9,227 | +2.18% |
1999 | 9,679 | +0.53% |
2007 | 9,773 | +0.12% |
2012 | 9,726 | −0.10% |
2017 | 9,804 | +0.16% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
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).
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