Canton of Tarascon
| Former canton of Tarascon |
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|---|---|
| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Arles |
| main place | Tarascon |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 18.091 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 141 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 128.04 km² |
| Communities | 5 |
| INSEE code | 1333 |
 Location of the canton of Tarascon in the Bouches-du-Rhône department |
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The Canton of Tarascon was 2015 a French canton in the department of Bouches-du-Rhone and in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It included five parishes in the Arrondissement of Arles ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Tarascon . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015.
The canton was 128.04 km 2 in size and last had 18,091 inhabitants, which corresponded to a population density of 141 inh / km² (as of Jan. 1, 2012). It consisted of the following communities:
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulbon | 1506 | 13150 | 13017 |
| Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles | 511 | 13103 | 13057 |
| Saint-Etienne-du-Grès | 2481 | 13103 | 13094 |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues | 207 | 13150 | 13061 |
| Tarascon | 14,813 | 13150 | 13108 |