BURES-SUR-YVETTE

'Bures-sur-Yvette' is a French commune, located in the Essonne ''département'' in the ÃŽle-de-France ''région''. Population (as of 1999): 9,679.
''l'Église Saint Matthieu'' (the church of St. Matthew), XIIIth century


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Geography
Research
External link

Geography


'Bures-sur-Yvette' is located in the Vallée de Chevreuse on the river Yvette, along which the RER line B is laid. Adjacent communes are Orsay, Gif-sur-Yvette, Gometz-le-Châtel, and Les Ulis.

Research


'Bures-sur-Yvette' hosts the greater part of the Orsay campus of the Paris University XI, as well as the IHÉS (Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques).

External link



★ Bures-sur-Yvette city council website (in French)

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