Le Tech

Le Tech
Le Tech; El Tec
	Commune
	An overall view of Le Tech
	Location of Le Tech
	Le Tech Le Tech
	Coordinates: 42°24′41″N 2°32′42″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Le Canigou
Intercommunality	Haut Vallespir
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guillaume Cervantes
Area 1	25.18 km2 (9.72 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	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
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 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.[2]

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)[3]

Population Over Time





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1900

1920

1940

1960

1980

2000

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

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References

INSEE

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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)
Census of population on 1 January 2006 on the site of Insee.

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] 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)

[3] Census of population on 1 January 2006 on the site of Insee.