Subprefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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The city has numerous sports facilities and exactly 102 clubs. Each year, a race is organized around the Étang de l'Olivier. Many runners participate. The town's main football club is FC Istres.
Istres has a Mediterranean climate characterised by mild, humid winters and hot, dry summers. January and February are the coldest months, averaging temperatures of around 7 °C. July and August are the hottest months. The mean summer temperature is around 24 °C (75 °F) with an average maximum temperature around 32 °C. The amount of precipitation is around 566 mm (22 inches) per year. The mistral, a cold and often violent wind, blows through the city mostly in winter and spring.
Climate data for Istres (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1920–present)
Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days 1961–1990)[5][6]
Population
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1793
2,081
—
1800
2,081
+0.00%
1806
1,991
−0.73%
1821
2,785
+2.26%
1831
3,023
+0.82%
1836
3,036
+0.09%
1841
3,122
+0.56%
1846
3,268
+0.92%
1851
3,389
+0.73%
1856
3,614
+1.29%
1861
3,776
+0.88%
1866
3,905
+0.67%
1872
3,937
+0.14%
1876
3,849
−0.56%
1881
3,701
−0.78%
1886
3,750
+0.26%
1891
3,405
−1.91%
1896
3,495
+0.52%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1901
3,517
+0.13%
1906
3,681
+0.92%
1911
3,810
+0.69%
1921
5,462
+3.67%
1926
5,547
+0.31%
1931
7,034
+4.86%
1936
7,286
+0.71%
1946
5,749
−2.34%
1954
8,009
+4.23%
1962
9,478
+2.13%
1968
13,404
+5.95%
1975
18,129
+4.41%
1982
28,561
+6.71%
1990
35,163
+2.63%
1999
38,855
+1.12%
2007
42,775
+1.21%
2012
42,944
+0.08%
2017
43,133
+0.09%
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^"Istres (13)"(PDF). Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
