Escala

Escala
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association	Communes du Plateau de Lannemezan
Coordinates	43 ° 5 ' N , 0 ° 24' E Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ' N , 0 ° 24' E
height	506-627 m
surface	3.88 km 2
Residents	376 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	97 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65250
INSEE code	65159
	; Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Escala

Escala is a French commune with 376 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron (until 2015: canton of La Barthe-de-Neste ).

The inhabitants are called Escalasiens and Escalasiennes .

geography

Escala is located about 21 kilometers east of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the historic vice-county of Nébouzan .

Escala is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

	Lannemezan	Cantaous
La Barthe-de-Neste		Tuzaguet
	Montoussé	Bizous

Population development

After records began, the population rose in the first half of the 19th century to a level between 300 and 325, which was maintained until the second half of the same century. In the period that followed, the size of the community sank to a low of 185 during short recovery phases until the early 1930s, before a phase of growth began with in some cases strong fluctuations, which increased the size to a temporary high of around 400 inhabitants at the end of the first decade of the 21st century Century.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	203	264	285	388	388	328	376	407	376

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Attractions

Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Escala is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 17

traffic

Escala can be reached via Routes départementales 10, 74 and 938, the former Route nationale 638 .

Web links

Commons : Escala (Hautes-Pyrénées) - Collection of images

Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)
Escala on the association's website (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
↑ Notice Communale Escala ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 10, 2019.
↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Escala (65159) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 10, 2019.
↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 10, 2019.
↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Escala (65159) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[1] Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[cassini-2] Notice Communale Escala ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[3] Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Escala (65159) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[4] Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[5] Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Escala (65159) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 10, 2019.