Canton of Istres-North

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Former
canton of Istres-Nord
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

Location of the canton of Istres-Nord in
the Bouches-du-Rhône department

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.