What is Arrondissement of Istres?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Istres | INSEE=134 | nbcomm=21 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Istres]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=715.2 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Istres 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Istres''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Istres]]. ==History== The ''arrondissement'' of Istres was created in 1981.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/13his.html |title=Historique des Bouches-du-Rhône |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=5 January 2017 |date= }}</ref> ==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 [[Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence|Aix-en-Provence]] ''arrondissement'', to the south by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and to the west by the [[Arrondissement of Arles|Arles]] ''arrondissement''. The ''arrondissement'' of Istres is the smallest ''arrondissement'' of the department in area, {{Convert|599.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}; it has a population of 312,489 inhabitants. ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664760 |title=Décret n° 2014-271 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône |publisher=Légifrance.gouv.fr |language=French |accessdate=5 January 2017 |date= }}</ref> cantons are not subdivisions of the ''arrondissements'' so they could have ''communes'' that belong to different ''arrondissements''. There are