Bures-sur-Yvette
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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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.
Bures-sur-Yvette | |
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The town hall of Bures-sur-Yvette | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bures-sur-Yvette | |
  Bures-sur-Yvette Location within France  Bures-sur-Yvette Location within Île-de-France (region) | |
| 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 (2020–2026) | Jean-François Vigier[1] |
Area 1 | 4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 9,548 |
| • Density | 2,290/km2 (5,930/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Buressois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91122 /91440 |
| Elevation | 56–163 m (184–535 ft) |
| Website | www.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. | |
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.
| 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% |
| 2023 | 9,548 | −0.44% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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).
