Arrondissement of Istres
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.
 Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| No. of communes | 21 |
| Subprefecture | Istres |
| Area | 715.2 km2 (276.1 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 134 |
History
The arrondissement of Istres was created in 1981.[1]
Geography
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
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[2] 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:
- Berre-l'Étang (1306) (partly)
- Istres (1310)
- Marignane (1311)
- Martigues (1324)
- Salon-de-Provence-2 (1327) (partly)
- Vitrolles (1329) (partly)
Communes
The arrondissement of Istres has 18 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[3]
- Berre-l'Étang (13014)
- Carry-le-Rouet (13021)
- Châteauneuf-les-Martigues (13026)
- Ensuès-la-Redonne (13033)
- Fos-sur-Mer (13039)
- Gignac-la-Nerthe (13043)
- Istres (13047)
- Le Rove (13088)
- Marignane (13054)
- Martigues (13056)
- Miramas (13063)
- Port-de-Bouc (13077)
- Rognac (13081)
- Saint-Chamas (13092)
- Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts (13098)
- Saint-Victoret (13102)
- Sausset-les-Pins (13104)
- Vitrolles (13117)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (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 |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique des Bouches-du-Rhône". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement d'Istres (134)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "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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Coordinates: 43°31′00″N 4°59′00″E / 43.5167°N 4.9833°E