Type: | canton |
Marseille - Saint-Marcel | |
Seat: | Marseille |
Nbcomm: | 1 partly |
Insee: | 1342 |
Pop: | 31649 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Disbanded: | 2015 |
Canton of Marseille – Saint-Marcel is a former canton located within the commune of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France. It was created 27 February 2003 by the decree 2003-156 of that date. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its population was 31,649 in 2012.[1]
Elected to represent the canton in the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhône:
It is composed of the part of the 11th arrondissement of Marseille not within the cantons of Marseille-La Pomme and situated south of an imaginary line along the following roads: avenue des Peintres-Roux, route de la Sablière, traverse de la Sablière, avenue de Saint-Menet (excluded). The canton also comprises an area of the 12th arrondissement situated southeast of a line defined by the following roads: avenue Saint-Jean-du-Désert (excluded), allée de la Grande-Bastide-Cazaux (excluded), La Bastide-Neuve (excluded), avenue des Caillols (excluded), boulevard des Libérateurs and traverse de La Martine.