Canton of Roquevaire
| Former canton of Roquevaire |
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|---|---|
| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Marseille |
| main place | Roquevaire |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 46,105 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 364 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 126.55 km² |
| Communities | 9 |
| INSEE code | 1329 |
 Location of the canton of Roquevaire in the Bouches-du-Rhône department |
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The Canton of Roquevaire was 2015 a French canton in the department of Bouches-du-Rhone and in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It comprised nine parishes in the arrondissement of Marseille ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Roquevaire .
When the cantons were reorganized in France, the canton of Roquevaire was dissolved. Almost all municipalities were assigned to the canton of Allauch . Only the previous canton capital Roquevaire came to the newly created canton Martigues .
The dissolved Canton was 126.55 km 2 large and had last 46,105 inhabitants, a population density of 364 Einw./km 2 equivalent (as of 2012). It consisted of the following communities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auriol | 11,908 | 13390 | 13007 |
| Belcodène | 1898 | 13720 | 13013 |
| La Bouilladisse | 6194 | 13720 | 13016 |
| Cadolive | 2161 | 13950 | 13020 |
| La Destrousse | 3503 | 13112 | 13031 |
| Gréasque | 4235 | 13850 | 13046 |
| Peypin | 5495 | 13124 | 13073 |
| Roquevaire | 9003 | 13360 | 13086 |
| Saint-Savournin | 3361 | 13119 | 13101 |