The campus in Orsay began to expand on the " plateau de Moulon" with the founding of new laboratories which were almost all within Paris-Sud University, although a few were more specifically linked with the CNRS or even with Paris VI University.
Because of the proximity of Paris-Sud University to the CEA (Atomic Energy Institute) and to laboratories of the CNRS in Gif sur Yvette , many institutes and laboratories, as well as academic schools (Polytechnique, HEC, IHES, ENSTA, ..) also came to this area. As a result, the so called "Vallée de Chevreuse" has become one of the most important and famous areas in scientific research in Europe.
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