Canton of Istres-North
| Former canton of Istres-Nord |
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Istres |
| main place | Istres |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 36,203 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Communities | 2 |
| INSEE code | 1311 |
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Location of the canton of Istres-Nord in the Bouches-du-Rhône department |
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The Canton Istres-Nord was by 2015 a French canton in the department of Bouches-du-Rhone and in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It comprised a municipality in the arrondissement of Istres and a part of its main town (French: chef-lieu ) Istres . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton consisted of the following municipalities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Istres * | 43,133 | 13800 | 13047 |
| Miramas | 26,470 | 13140 | 13063 |
* Partial area. The indicated number of inhabitants concerns the entire city.