Bures-sur-Yvette
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. 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).
Geography
Bures-sur-Yvette (, literally "Bures on Yvette") is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as "Buressois".