L'Escale

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of L'Escale

(2020–2026) Claude Fiaert^[1]Area

20.36 km² (7.86 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,377 • Density68/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

04079 /04160

Elevation408–1,081 m (1,339–3,547 ft)
(avg. 475 m or 1,558 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Escale (French pronunciation: [lɛskal]; Occitan: L'Escala) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. It is located on the eastern bank of the Durance opposite Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban.

Geography

The Bléone forms the commune's southern border, then flows into the Durance, which forms the commune's western border.

L'Escale Dam

Work began on the dam in 1959, which was completed in 1963.^[3] With a height of 30ms it retains 15.70 hm³ of water.^[3] It is 126 metres long with a road carriageway along which runs the Route Napoleon.^[3] There is attached to the dam a power station whose three units produce a total of 170,000 KWs of electricity.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	570	—
1975	722	+3.43%
1982	948	+3.97%
1990	1,100	+1.88%
1999	1,166	+0.65%
2007	1,245	+0.82%
2012	1,349	+1.62%
2017	1,389	+0.59%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Janberg, Nicolas Janberg. "L'Escale Dam (L'Escale/Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, 1963) | Structurae". Structurae. Nicolas Janberg. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
^ Plichon, J. N. (1968). Water for Peace: Volume 8 Planning and developing water programs. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 394. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE