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Le Tech (; ca, El Tec) is a commune in the
* 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
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean ...
department in southern France
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. It is part of the historical Vallespir
Vallespir (; ) is a historical Catalan comarca in Northern Catalonia, part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales.
The capital of the comarca is Ceret, and it borders Conflent, Rosselló, Alt Empordà
Alt Empordà (, "Upper E ...
comarca.
Geography
Localisation
Le Tech is located east ofPrats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. The name ''Prats-de-Mollo'' comes from Catalan "meadows of Molló". Mo ...
, in the canton of Le Canigou The canton of Le Canigou is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda.
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and in the arrondissement of Céret
The arrondissement of Céret is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department ( Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 64 communes. Its population is 129,464 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes ...
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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 19, 1862, by a piece of territory being separated from Prats-de-Mollo.Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986, 378 p. ()Government and politics
Mayors
Population
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
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes.
Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ...
References
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales 1862 establishments in France {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub