L'Escale
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L'Escale | |
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 L'Escale Lake as viewed from Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of L'Escale | |
  L'Escale Location within France  L'Escale Location within Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Coordinates: 44°05′10″N 6°01′25″E / 44.0861°N 6.0236°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Digne-les-Bains |
| Canton | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban |
| Intercommunality | Provence-Alpes Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Fiaert |
Area 1 | 20.36 km2 (7.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 475 m (1,558 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,081 m (3,547 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 1,427 |
| • Density | 70.09/km2 (181.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 04079 /04160 |
| 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. With a height of 30ms it retains 15.70 hm³ of water. It is 126 metres long with a road carriageway along which runs the Route Napoleon. There is attached to the dam a power station whose three units produce a total of 170,000 KWs of electricity.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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% |
| 2023 | 1,427 | +0.45% |
| Source: INSEE | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 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 municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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