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Bures-sur-Yvette

Coordinates: 48°41′49″N 2°09′50″E / 48.6969°N 2.1639°E / 48.6969; 2.1639
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Bures-sur-Yvette
The town hall of Bures-sur-Yvette
The town hall of Bures-sur-Yvette
Coat of arms of Bures-sur-Yvette
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Bures-sur-Yvette is located in France
Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette is located in Île-de-France (region)
Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette
Coordinates: 48°41′49″N 2°09′50″E / 48.6969°N 2.1639°E / 48.6969; 2.1639
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementPalaiseau
CantonGif-sur-Yvette
IntercommunalityCA Paris-Saclay
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Vigier[1]
Area
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4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
9,254
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
DemonymBuressois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91122 /91440
Elevation56–163 m (184–535 ft)
Websitewww.bures-sur-yvette.fr
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] , 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.

Geography

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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

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Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois (masculine) and Buressoises (feminine) in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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]

Research

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.
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