Bièvres, Essonne

Bièvres is a commune with 4462 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Essonne near Paris and the administrative center of the canton of the same name.

Geography

The municipality is situated on the Bièvre, a tributary of the Seine, from which it takes its name. This derives from a Celtic word meaning beaver.

It is connected to the RER C line. Despite its proximity to Paris and Versailles, it has to resist the urge to urbanization so far and can retain their rural character.

Neighboring communities

Bièvres adjacent to Jouy -en- Josas, Saclay, Vauhallan, Igny, Verrières -le- Buisson, Chatenay -Malabry and Velizy -Villacoublay.

Culture and sights

In Bièvres the house of the writer Victor Hugo and three museums are: the French Museum of Photography, a tool and a fire museum.

Twinning

Bièvres is connected by a twinned with the Italian city of Palestrina near Rome.