Bure may refer to:

Places

Belgium

* Bure, Wallonia, Belgium, a small village in the Tellin municipality *

Battle of Bure The Battle of Bure was part of the Battle of the Bulge, which lasted from 3 to 5 January 1945 during the final months of the Second World War. The battle was fought as part of the allied counterattack to rid the German held ground of the 'Bulge' w ...

, a World War II battle during the Battle of the Bulge

Eritrea and Ethiopia

* Bure (disputed zone), on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, claimed by both countries *

Bure, Gojjam (woreda) Bure is one of the woredas in the West Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name comes from its largest town, Bure. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Bure is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia ...

, a woreda (district) in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia ** Bure (Gojjam), Ethiopia, a town * Bure, Oromia (woreda), a woreda (district) in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia ** Bure, Illubabor, a town

France

Bure, Meuse Bure () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It hosts the Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory for radioactive waste Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive ...

, a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est, hosting the Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory *

Bure, Moselle Tressange (; german: Tressingen; Lorraine Franconian ''Träisséng''/''Dreschéng'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is 7 km from the border to Luxembourg. See also * Communes of the Moselle d ...

a village in the French département of Moselle *

Buré Buré () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the followin ...

, a commune in the French département of Orne

Italy

Bure (torrent) The Bure is a stream in Italy, tributary of the river Ombrone Pistoiese, which is a tributary of the Arno. Born in the hills just north of the town of Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the ca ...

, a torrent in Tuscany

Sweden

Bure River Bure River ( sv, Bureälven) is a river in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical ...

, a river in Sweden

Switzerland

Bure, Switzerland Bure is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It lies in very close proximity to the border with France. History Bure is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Bures''. The municipality was formerly known by ...

, a municipality in the Canton of Jura

United Kingdom

* River Bure, a river in Norfolk *

HM Prison Bure His Majesty's Prison Bure, more commonly known as HM Prison Bure, and often abbreviated to HMP Bure, is a Category C men's prison, located in the parish of Scottow in Norfolk, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, an ...

, Scottow, Norfolk

Other uses

Bure (diocese) Bulnensis also known as Bure is a titular episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church ascribed to the ecclesiastical province of Africa Proconsularis, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage. Very little is known of the ancient Christian ...

, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in Tunisia *

Bure (surname) Bure is a Swedish surname that may refer to * A personal name preservad in Burestenen, a Swedish runestone * A Swedish family name, see Bure kinship ** Johannes Bureus or Johan Bure, a Swedish 17th century polymath * Candace Cameron Bure (born 197 ...

Bure (cloth) Bure was an old heavy woolen woven cloth that has undergone many changes since the Middle Ages. Hence, It was called with many names such as Bura, Burel, Burian, Burly, Burlesque, Burratto, Bournous, Burratine. Modifications In ancient Gaul, i ...

Bure Equity Bure Equity is a Swedish investment company involved in communications, textiles, training, and education. It is the largest private school operator in Sweden. This role gained it international attention in connection to the rise of independent sch ...

, a Swedish investment company *

Bure (Fiji) ''Bure'' is the Fijian word for a wood-and-straw hut, sometimes similar to a cabin. In its original sense, a ''bure'' is a structure built of anything that comes to hand. The components of a ''bure'' are either stacked together, tied together ...

, the Fijian word for a wood-and-straw hut * Bure language, an Afro-Asiatic language