Le Tech

Le Tech
El Tec
Commune
An overall view of Le Tech
Le Tech
Location within Occitanie region
Le Tech
Coordinates: 42°24′41″N 2°32′42″E / 42.4114°N 2.545°E / 42.4114; 2.545Coordinates: 42°24′41″N 2°32′42″E / 42.4114°N 2.545°E / 42.4114; 2.545
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Le Canigou
Intercommunality Haut Vallespir
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Guillaume Cervantes
Area1 25.18 km2 (9.72 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 84
 • Density 3.3/km2 (8.6/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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 Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret..

Map of Le Tech and its surrounding communes

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.

Confluence of the Coumelade and the 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.[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

Population change (See database)
1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906
554 521 543 498 508 450 458 470 557
1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968
512 439 449 410 370 249 252 218 152
1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 - - -
126 124 124 84 86 95 - - -

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006) · [2]

Population Over Time

   
 
 
 
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Sources - database Cassini of EHESS and Insee See database

Sites of interest

The new Saint Mary church
  • 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

References

  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)
  2. ↑ Census of population on 1 January 2006 on the site of Insee.


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