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Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette
Commune
	The town hall of Bures-sur-Yvette
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bures-sur-Yvette
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	Coordinates: 48°41′49″N 2°09′50″E / 48.6969°N 2.1639°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
Area 1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population (2023)	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.

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

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.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% 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

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).

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.

External links

Bures-sur-Yvette city council website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)