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.

History
The arrondissement of Istres was created in 1981.

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, ; it has a population of 312,489 inhabitants.

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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

 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:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(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
 Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Istres