Le Tech

Le Tech El Tec
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°24′41″N 2°32′42″E / 42.4114°N 2.545°E / 42.4114; 2.545
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Le Canigou
Intercommunality	Haut Vallespir
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Cervantes
Area 1	25.18 km2 (9.72 sq mi)
Elevation	520 m (1,710 ft)
Highest elevation	2,721 m (8,927 ft)
Lowest elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population  (2023)	95
• Density	3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66206 /66230
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Tech (French pronunciation: [lə tɛk] ^ⓘ; 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 Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.

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 19, 1862, by a piece of territory being separated from Prats-de-Mollo.

Government and politics

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1866 554 —     1872 521 −1.02% 1876 543 +1.04% 1881 498 −1.72% 1886 508 +0.40% 1891 450 −2.40% 1896 458 +0.35% 1901 470 +0.52% 1906 557 +3.45% 1911 512 −1.67% 1921 439 −1.53% 1926 449 +0.45% 1931 410 −1.80%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 370 −2.03% 1946 249 −3.88% 1954 252 +0.15% 1962 218 −1.80% 1968 152 −5.83% 1975 126 −2.64% 1982 124 −0.23% 1990 124 +0.00% 1999 84 −4.24% 2007 86 +0.29% 2012 103 +3.67% 2017 95 −1.60% 2023 95 +0.00%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

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

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

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