Buc (Yvelines)
Buc may refer to: * Buc, Yvelines, a municipality in the Yvelines department, France * Buc, Territoire de Belfort, a municipality in the Territoire de Belfort department, France * Búč, a village in south Slovakia * buc, the ISO 639-3 code for the Bushi language * Buc, a nickname for the Bucciali, a French 1920s automobile The abbreviation BUC may refer to: * Burketown Airport * Barcelona Universitari Club, a rugby club based in Barcelona * BUC (rugby league team), a Catalan Rugby League Championship, Catalonia rugby league team * Bulgarian Air Charter, a charter airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria * Block upconverter, a device used in the transmission of satellite signals * Bergen University College, a higher education institute in Bergen, Norway * ''Bàng-uâ-cê'', the Foochow Romanized writing system of Fuzhou Mindong Chinese * Beirut University College, old name for the Lebanese American University * Badr University in Cairo, a private university in Egypt * Business Use Case, a ...
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Buc, Yvelines
Buc () is a commune in the Yvelines department and Île-de-France region of north central France. Geography Buc is located some 20 km south-west of central Paris and 3 km south of Versailles. The old town lies in the valley of the River Bièvre at an elevation of around 100 m above sea level. Most of Buc's residential districts have been built on the plateau de Saclay, some 50 m higher. The surrounding communes are: *Versailles to the north *Jouy-en-Josas to the north-east *Les Loges-en-Josas to the south-east *Toussus-le-Noble to the south * Châteaufort to the extreme south-west *Guyancourt to the west. Demography History The name Buc derives from the Latin ''buscum'' which means boxwood. The inhabitants of Buc are known in French as ''Bucois'' (m.) and ''Bucoises'' (f.). * Territory attached to the domain of Versailles in 1660 and used to be frequented by Louis XIV of France mostly for hunting. * 1684-1686 : Construction of the Buc aqueduct. * 1880 : Co ...
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