| L'Escale | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason L Escale.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Digne-les-Bains |
| Canton: | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban |
| Insee: | 04079 |
| Postal Code: | 04160 |
| Mayor: | Claude Fiaert[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Provence-Alpes Agglomération |
| Coordinates: | 44.0861°N 6.0236°W |
| Elevation M: | 475 |
| Elevation Min M: | 408 |
| Elevation Max M: | 1081 |
| Area Km2: | 20.36 |
L'Escale (in French pronounced as /lɛskal/; Occitan (post 1500);: 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.
The Bléone forms the commune's southern border, then flows into the Durance, which forms the commune's western border.
Work began on the dam in 1959, which was completed in 1963.[2] With a height of 30ms it retains 15.70 hm³ of water.[2] It is 126 metres long with a road carriageway along which runs the Route Napoleon.[2] There is attached to the dam a power station whose three units produce a total of 170,000 KWs of electricity.[3]