Istres (in Occitan Of Provence: Istre according to the traditional standard and the Norme mistralienne) is a common French, located in the department of the Rhone delta and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure. Its inhabitants is called Istréens.

The commune is placed at the first rank of the flowered cities by the National council of the Cities and Flowered Villages of France.

Geography

  • Seen satellite with Wikimapia

Situation

Istres is located in the south of France in the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure and more precisely in the Rhone delta. Istres, bordered by the pond of Berre (largest of Europe) and the pond of Olivier, is located at approximately 60 km of Marseilles, 20 km of Living room-of-Provence, 10 km in the north of Martigues and 45 km of Arles. The city is also located near the plain of the Crau and the Regional natural park of the Camargue.

Climate

Istres profits from the Mediterranean Climat characterized by quasi an absence of freezing in winter and summers dry. It is thanks to this climate that one finds pine forests on the commune.

Transport and access

  • At the road level :
Istres is served by the trunk road N1569 as well as the D5 secondary road. The city will be served also soon by the highway A56.

  • urban Grid system :

The urban transport is ensured by Western Provence it drunk . The network is composed of five lines including one inter-commune, which connects the main cities of the intercommunality Western Provence as well as a service of transport to the request.

  • Rail links :

Istres is also served by the line FOR THE THIRD TIME 7 Marseilles-Miramas via Port of goat and Rognac.

Heraldic

History

At the 10th century century, the old center of Istres takes form around a house seigneuriale. The city was built little by little around this encircled feudal core of ramparts. Istres owes its first industrial rise with the soda factories of Rassuen in 1808, and at the school of aviation established into 1917 which today became one of largest the air bases of France.

Administration

  • For more information about the former mayors of the town of Istres you can visit this site: Mayors of Istres since 1800, although this bond whose page is however managed by an official site is not up to date. Indeed it does not mention the election of Nicole Joulia

Twinning

Istres is twinned with since 1974.

Intercommunality

Istres is one of the 3 founders cities of the Syndicat of agglomeration new Western Provence in 1972

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the old center
  • the door of Arles (18th century)
  • the church Notre-Dame de Beauvoir (Romance style of Provence) (IMH)
  • the church of the Holy-Family (21e century)
  • the oppidum of Castellan (occupied site of with a. J. - C.)
  • the tower of the Jeanne Queen to Entressen (XIVe century)
  • the vault Saint-Sulpice
  • the center of contemporary art
  • the inter-commune archaeological museum
  • the house of Grignan (Built about 1575) (IMH)
  • the Fountain
  • the educational and cultural Center " The hours claires" , (1970 - 1976) built by the Workshop of Montrouge

Personalities related to the commune

  • Felix Gouin (1884-1977), president of the Provisional government of the French Republic in 1946, Mayor of Istres of 1922 to 1941, and 1945 to 1959, appointed (SFIO) of the Rhone delta of 1924 to 1958 (it belonged to the 80 deputies which refused the full powerss with Pétain in 1940).

  • Rene Leduc (1898, 1968), aeronautical engineer, originator and manufacturer of planes to ramjet, lived its last years and died in Istres.
  • Nora Lafi (born in 1965), French historian d´origine Algerian, was born and grew in Istres, where she attended the college Arthur Rimbaud. Before devoting itself to its university career in Aix-en-Provence, Tunis, Turns then Berlin, it was in the years 1980 one of the personalities of first rank of the club local d athletism. It is aujourd´hui enquiring and teaching in Zentrum Moderner Orient of Berlin.
  • Jacques Rémy, it played of many years to the club of Provence and marked many goals
there

Sports

Istres was elected " the most sporting City of France " in 1988 and 2000

  • Organized since 1937 by the newspaper " Equipe" , more the sporting famous daily newspaper of our country, the challenge of the most sporting city is decreed by a national jury composed by technicians of the Sport, specialized journalists and mayors.

  • This challenge rewards every year, the most powerful commune in the sport, according to criteria of judgment which touch all the fields, organization, sport of mass, school sport, high level, equipment, budget…
  • This trophy particularly required is allotted to two cities, one in the category of less than 20.000 inhabitants, the other in the category of less than 100.000 inhabitants.

See too

External bonds

  • Official site of the town of Istres
  • Istres on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Istres on the site of INSEE
  • Some Photographs of the city
  • nonofficial Site of the town of Istres
  • Site of the tourist office

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