Bures-sur-Yvette
Encyclopedia
Bures-sur-Yvette is a commune
in the Essonne
department in Île-de-France
in northern France
.
Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois.
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
. The small town is also twinned with Crewkerne
UK. Bures-sur -Yvette, formerly "Boure-sur-Yvette", owes its name to a medieval legend telling the story of a romantic lady called Yvette, that eventually turned into a prostitute after many years of love disillusion. She was found dead in the river that still bears her name after eating too much rise. Her suspicious death still raises a great controversy amongst the local population, opposing rise supporters, namely the Chinese, and the others.
(Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques).
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Essonne
Essonne
Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments.- History :...
department in Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Inhabitants of Bures-sur-Yvette are known as Buressois.
Geography
Bures-sur-Yvette, often referred as Pecnoville, is located in the Vallée de ChevreuseVallée de Chevreuse
Vallée de Chevreuse is the name given to the valley of the Yvette River, flowing though the Yvelines and Essonne departments....
on the river Yvette
Yvette
The Yvette is a small river in southern Île-de-France , left tributary of the Orge, which is a tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department...
, along which the RER line B
RER B
The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the northern termini Aéroport Charles de Gaulle and Mitry-Claye to the southern termini Robinson and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse ....
is laid. Adjacent communes are Orsay
Orsay
Orsay is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Orsay are known as Orcéens.-History:...
, Gif-sur-Yvette
Gif-sur-Yvette
Gif-sur-Yvette is a commune in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:The town is crossed by and named after the Yvette river.The total area is and is green spaces and woods.-Place names:...
, Gometz-le-Châtel
Gometz-le-Châtel
Gometz le Châtel is a French commune in the Essonne department in a southern suburb of Paris 25 km from the center of Paris.-Geography:This village is nearby Les Ulis, Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette and Gometz-la-Ville, alone the old road from Paris to Chartres, crossing the...
, and Les Ulis
Les Ulis
Les Ulis is a commune in the Essonne department located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Les Ulis are known as Ulissiens.- Location :...
. The small town is also twinned with Crewkerne
Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a town in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil and east of Chard in the South Somerset district close to the border with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the hamlets of Woolminstone and Henley...
UK. Bures-sur -Yvette, formerly "Boure-sur-Yvette", owes its name to a medieval legend telling the story of a romantic lady called Yvette, that eventually turned into a prostitute after many years of love disillusion. She was found dead in the river that still bears her name after eating too much rise. Her suspicious death still raises a great controversy amongst the local population, opposing rise supporters, namely the Chinese, and the others.
Research
Bures-sur-Yvette hosts the greater part of the Orsay campus of the Paris University XI, as well as the IHÉSInstitut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
The Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques is a French institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics...
(Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques).