L'Escale

L'Escale
L'Escale
	Commune
	L'Escale Lake as viewed from Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban.
	; Coat of arms
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	L'Escale Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region L'Escale
	Coordinates: 44°05′10″N 6°01′25″E / 44.0861°N 6.0236°ECoordinates: 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	Moyenne Durance
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Fiaert
Area1	20.36 km2 (7.86 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,255
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04079 /04160
Elevation	408–1,081 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

L'Escale 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

L'Escale and surrounding districts

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.^[1] With a height of 30ms it retains 15.70 hm³ of water.^[1] It is 126 metres long with a road carriageway along which runs the Route Napoleon.^[1] There is attached to the dam a power station whose three units produce a total of 170,000 KWs of electricity.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1765	581	—
1793	633	+9.0%
1800	715	+13.0%
1806	603	−15.7%
1821	606	+0.5%
1831	651	+7.4%
1836	621	−4.6%
1841	617	−0.6%
1846	591	−4.2%
1851	574	−2.9%
1856	540	−5.9%
1861	532	−1.5%
1866	560	+5.3%
1872	504	−10.0%
1876	540	+7.1%
1881	510	−5.6%
1886	479	−6.1%
1891	469	−2.1%
1896	423	−9.8%
1901	448	+5.9%
1906	400	−10.7%
1911	408	+2.0%
1921	365	−10.5%
1926	404	+10.7%
1931	381	−5.7%
1936	374	−1.8%
1946	360	−3.7%
1954	416	+15.6%
1962	722	+73.6%
1968	570	−21.1%
1975	722	+26.7%
1982	948	+31.3%
1990	1,100	+16.0%
1999	1,166	+6.0%
2008	1,255	+7.6%

References

Sources

INSEE

Citations

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.

External links

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[Structurae-1] 1 2 3 Janberg, Nicolas Janberg. "L'Escale Dam (L'Escale/Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, 1963) | Structurae". Structurae. Nicolas Janberg. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

[WfP-2] 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.