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Arrondissement of Istres

arrondissement of France

The arrondissement of Istres is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Istres.

Istres
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
No. of communes21
SubprefectureIstres
Area
715.2 km2 (276.1 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
330,220
INSEE code134

History

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The arrondissement of Istres was created in 1981.[2]

Geography

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The arrondissement of Istres is in the south of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north and east by the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Arles arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Istres is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, 599.3 km2 (231.4 sq mi); it has a population of 312,489 inhabitants.

Composition

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Cantons

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After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 6 cantons in the arrondissement of Istres and 3 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:

  1. Berre-l'Étang (1306) (partly)
  2. Istres (1310)
  3. Marignane (1311)
  4. Martigues (1324)
  5. Salon-de-Provence-2 (1327) (partly)
  6. Vitrolles (1329) (partly)

Communes

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The arrondissement of Istres has 18 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Berre-l'Étang (13014)
  2. Carry-le-Rouet (13021)
  3. Châteauneuf-les-Martigues (13026)
  4. Ensuès-la-Redonne (13033)
  5. Fos-sur-Mer (13039)
  6. Gignac-la-Nerthe (13043)
  7. Istres (13047)
  8. Le Rove (13088)
  9. Marignane (13054)
  10. Martigues (13056)
  11. Miramas (13063)
  12. Port-de-Bouc (13077)
  13. Rognac (13081)
  14. Saint-Chamas (13092)
  15. Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts (13098)
  16. Saint-Victoret (13102)
  17. Sausset-les-Pins (13104)
  18. Vitrolles (13117)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population[5]
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
13056 Martigues 48,870 Martigues Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13047 Istres 43,463 Istres Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13117 Vitrolles 34,236 Vitrolles Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13054 Marignane 21,481 Marignane Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13063 Miramas 25,583 Salon-de-Provence-2 Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13077 Port-de-Bouc 17,366 Martigues Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13039 Fos-sur-Mer 15,857 Istres Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13026 Châteauneuf-les-Martigues 14,146 Marignane Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13014 Berre-l'Étang 13,689 Berre-l'Étang Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13081 Rognac 6,338 Berre-l'Étang Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
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References

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  1. ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Historique des Bouches-du-Rhône". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Décret n° 2014-271 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Arrondissement d'Istres (134)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

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