Bures-sur-Yvette

Bures-sur-Yvette (, 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
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).