Le Tech

Le Tech
Le Tech
	An overall view of Le Tech
	Location of Le Tech
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Intercommunality	Haut Vallespir
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guillaume Cervantes
Area 1	25.18 km2 (9.72 sq mi)
Population (1999)	84
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66206 /66230
Elevation	420–2,721 m (1,378–8,927 ft) ; (avg. 520 m or 1,710 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Tech (Catalan: El Tec) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is part of the historical Vallespir comarca.

Geography

Localisation

Le Tech is located east of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, in the canton of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste and in the arrondissement of Céret..

Neighbouring communes

Land relief

Elevation ranges from 420 to 2721 meters.

Hydrography

The territory of Le Tech is shaped by the valley of the river Coumelade and the village itself is located at the confluence of the Coumelade and the river Tech.

Toponymy

Le Tech takes its name from the Tech river which runs through the village.

History

The commune of Le Tech was created on March 19th, 1862, by a piece of territory being separated from Prats-de-Mollo.^[1]

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Jean-Michel Coste	1971	1980
Raphaël Sales	1980	1989
Roger Gineste	1989	?
Claude Puitg	2001	2008
Guillaume Cervantes	2008

Population

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Sites of interest

Saint Mary church : the ancient church from the 17th c., located near the river, was destroyed by floods in 1940 and a new one was then built above the village.
St Guillem of Combret Hermitage
Sainte Cécile de Cos church
Cos tower
Saint Côme et Saint-Damien de La Llau church

References

INSEE

^ Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986, 378 p. (ISBN 2-222-03821-9)

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[1] Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986, 378 p. (ISBN 2-222-03821-9)

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