SOLEIL

SOLEIL is a synchrotron facility near , . It performed its first acceleration of electrons on May 14, 2006. The name SOLEIL is a backronym for Source Optimisée de Lumière d’Énergie Intermédiaire du LURE, LURE meaning Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Électromagnétique.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Industrial building
  • Description: synchrotron research facility in Saint-Aubin, France
  • Also known as: “Unité de Recherche Soleil”
  • Address: Départementale 128, Saint-Aubin, 91190

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay and Gif-sur-Yvette station.

University
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The École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay; also known as ENS Paris-Saclay or Normale Sup' Saclay or ENS Cachan, is a grande école and a constituent member of Paris-Saclay University. is situated 1½ km east of SOLEIL.

Railway station
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is an RER B station in , near , France. It is one of two stations in Gif-sur-Yvette, the other is Courcelle-sur-Yvette. is situated 1¼ km southwest of SOLEIL.

Memorial
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is situated 500 metres north of SOLEIL.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gif-sur-Yvette and Bures-sur-Yvette.

Town
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is a commune in southwestern , France. It is located in the Vallée de Chevreuse, 22.9 km from the , in the department on the departmental border with .

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in Northern France. It is a southern Parisian outer suburb in the Vallée de Chevreuse.

Suburb
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is a research-intensive and business cluster currently under construction in the south of Paris, France. It encompasses research facilities, two French major universities with higher education institutions and also research centers of private companies.

SOLEIL

Latitude
48.70921° or 48° 42′ 33″ north
Longitude
2.145° or 2° 8′ 42″ east
Levels
2
Height
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8FW4P45V+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 68436461
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q112513
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“SOLEIL” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “法国SOLEIL同步辐射加速器”
  • Dutch: “SOLEIL”
  • French: “SOLEIL”
  • French: “Synchrotron Soleil”
  • German: “Synchrotron SOLEIL”
  • Italian: “SOLEIL”
  • Japanese: “ソレイユ”
  • Russian: “SOLEIL”
  • Spanish: “SOLEIL”

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