Bures-sur-Yvette

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Bures-sur-Yvette is a French commune, located in the Essonne département in the Île-de-France région. Population (as of 1999): 9,679.

l'Église Saint Matthieu (the church of St. Matthew), XIIIth century
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l'Église Saint Matthieu (the church of St. Matthew), XIIIth century

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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).

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