The Yvette is a small river in southern Île-de-France (France), left tributary of the Orge, which is a tributary of the Seine. It is 39.3 km (24.4 mi) long. Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department. Various communes of the Essonne département are named after it: Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette and Villebon-sur-Yvette.
Gif-sur-Yvette is a commune in south-western Ile de France, France. It is located 22.9 km (14.2 mi) from the center of Paris.
Bures-sur-Yvette is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
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, 20.7 km (12.9 mi) from the centre of Paris.
Les Ulis is a commune in the Essonne department located in the southwestern suburbs (banlieue) of Paris, France. It is 23 km (14 mi) from the centre of Paris.
RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional, a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its Île-de-France suburbs. The 80-kilometre (50 mi) RER B line crosses the region from north to south, with all trains serving a group of stations in central Paris, before branching out towards the ends of the line.
The arrondissement of Palaiseau is an arrondissement of France in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 68 communes. Its population is 630,737 (2019), and its area is 484.0 km2 (186.9 sq mi).
Orsay-Ville station is a RER B station in the town of Orsay, near Paris, in France. This is one of the stations for University of Paris-Sud.
Bures-sur-Yvette station is one of the two RER B station of Bures-sur-Yvette, near Paris, in France. This station is used to access University of Paris-Sud, and Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques.
La Hacquinière stations is one of the two RER B stations of Bures-sur-Yvette, near Paris, in France. It is also the name of a district of this town.
Courcelle-sur-Yvette station is a RER B station of Gif-sur-Yvette, near Paris, France. It's also the name of a district of this town.
Villebon-sur-Yvette is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, about 20 kilometers south of Paris.
Vallée de Chevreuse is the valley of the Yvette River in the Yvelines and Essonne departments.
Gometz-le-Châtel is a commune in the Essonne department of France. It is a southern suburb of Paris, 25 km from the center of Paris.
Gometz-la-Ville is a French communes in the Essonne department in the southern suburbs of Paris (25 km) from the center of Paris. Inhabitants of Gometz-la-Ville are named Gometziens.
École supérieure d'électricité, commonly known as Supélec, was a French graduate school of engineering. It was one of the most prestigious grande écoles in France in the field of electrical engineering, energy and information sciences. In 2015, Supélec merged with École Centrale Paris and became CentraleSupélec, a constituent member of Université Paris-Saclay.
The Communauté d'agglomérationParis-Saclay(or CPS) is an administrative entity in the Essonne département, near Paris. The administrative center is Orsay. It was formed on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération du Plateau de Saclay (CAPS) and the Communauté d'agglomération Europ'Essonne(E²). Its area is 185.9 km2. Its population was 314,169 in 2018.
The Plateau de Saclay, also called Silicon Valley Européenne, is located north of Essonne and south-east of Yvelines, 20 km south of Paris. It is bounded by the valley of the Yvette to the south and east, and the valley of the Bièvre to the north.
CentraleSupélec (CS) is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France and is a member of the graduate engineering school of Paris-Saclay University in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. It was established on 1 January 2015, as a result of a strategic merger between two prestigious grandes écoles in France, École Centrale Paris and Supélec. CentraleSupélec is also considered to be among the best engineering schools of France and most elite institutions in Europe, with an admission rate of 6 to 8% in 2019. It is one of the constituent members of Paris-Saclay University.
The canton of Gif-sur-Yvette is an administrative division of the Essonne department, Île-de-France region, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Gif-sur-Yvette.
