Montech (; oc, Montuèg) is a
commune
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in the
Tarn-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne (; oc, Tarn e Garona ) is a department in the Occitania region in Southern France. It is traversed by the rivers Tarn and Garonne, from which it takes its name. The area was originally part of the former provinces of Quercy and ...
department
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in the
Occitanie Occitanie may refer to:
*Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French
*Occitania (administrative region)
Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...
region
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in southern
France
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.
On the
Canal de Garonne
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...
is the unique
Montech water slope
The Montech water slope is a type of canal inclined plane built on the Canal de Garonne, in the commune of Montech, Tarn-et-Garonne, Southwest France. It is managed by the publicly owned Voies navigables de France and by-passes a series of five l ...
, a type of canal inclined plane built in 1974. The slope has been out of service since an engine failure in 2009.
Population
Monuments
Montech - Hotel de Ville.jpg, City Hall
Montech - Notre Dame de la Feuillade.jpg, The church 'Our Lady of Feuillade'
Montech - Monument aux Morts.jpg, The War Memorial
Montech - Canal latéral à la garonne - Ecluse N°12 des Peyrets.jpg, Canal locks of Peyrets
Montech - Pigeonnier de Saint-Cry.jpg, The dovecote of St. Cry
See also
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Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department
The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[André Abbal
André Abbal (1876–1953) was a French sculptor. He was commissioned to work on several war memorials and this article gives details of his most important work. Best known as a pioneer of "Direct carving" who became known as "''L'Apôtre de la T ...]
References
Communes of Tarn-et-Garonne
Languedoc
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