Istres

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Istres

Total population

44,577

Elevation0 m

Land area113.73 km²

Coordinates43.51°, 4.99°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Istres is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Nicolas de Préville

French footballer

Jean-Baptiste Surian

French bishop (1670-1754)

F

Françoise Autrand

French historian & academic

Stéphane Mifsud

French freediver

J

Jean-Baptiste Régis

French Jesuit missionary to China

Clément Koretzky

French cyclist

Eddy Lembo

French bicycle racer

C

Charles Rostaing

French linguist

Roger Milhau

French middle-distance runner

H

Henri Grandsire

French actor

L

Léon-François Sibour

French politician and priest (1807-1864)

A

Auguste Aquaron

French association football player (1904-2001)

A

Alexis Rodríguez Hernández

Spanish bicycle racer

Y

Youssef Sekour

Moroccan footballer

Anouk Ricard

French illustrator and comics artist

A

Antoine-Émile Moulin

French politician (1857–1938)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

• Miramas-le-Vieux
  3.9 mi away
• Aureille
  13.5 mi away · pop. 1,541
• Sausset-les-Pins
  14 mi away · pop. 7,563
• Salin-de-Giraud
  14.5 mi away
• Carry-le-Rouet
  15 mi away · pop. 5,708
• Vernègues
  15 mi away · pop. 2,123
• Alleins
  15.8 mi away · pop. 2,764
• Moulès
  15.8 mi away · pop. 1,313
• Raphèle-lès-Arles
  16.3 mi away · pop. 2,756
• Cazan
  16.4 mi away
• Sénas
  16.6 mi away · pop. 6,838
• Pont Royal
  17 mi away

Browse all places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Western Montpellier Snake

Malpolon monspessulanus

Seen 2026-09-16

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-14

Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth

Hyles euphorbiae

Seen 2026-09-14

Tropical Tent-web Spider

Cyrtophora citricola

Seen 2026-09-14

Copper Demoiselle

Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis

Seen 2026-09-14

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

Seen 2026-09-14

common reed

Phragmites australis

Seen 2026-09-14

Common St. John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Seen 2026-09-14

common dogwood

Cornus sanguinea

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers