Canton of Arles

Canton of Arles
Canton
Location of canton of Arles in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement Arles
Seat Arles
Communes 3
Government
 • Representative Nicolas Koukas
Aurore Raoux
2015-2021
Area¹
 • Total 1,206.92 km2 (465.99 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 64,154
 • Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Cantonal code 13 04
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Arles is an administrative division of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in southeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Arles.[1]

Composition

It consists of the following communes:[1]

  1. Arles
  2. Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
  3. Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorsPartyOccupation
2015 Nicolas Koukas PCF Councillor of Arles
2015 Aurore Raoux PCF Former Councillor of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

Pictures of the canton

The Chateau d'Avignon in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
View of Arles


See also

References

  1. 1 2 Décret n° 2014-271 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône


Coordinates: 43°41′N 4°38′E / 43.68°N 4.63°E / 43.68; 4.63

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