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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Le Tech
|native name            = El Tec
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Le Tech - Vue d'ensemble.JPG
|caption                = An overall view of Le Tech
|image coat of arms     =
|arrondissement         = Céret
|canton                 = Le Canigou
|INSEE                  = 66206
|postal code            = 66230
|mayor                  = Guillaume Cervantes<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = Haut Vallespir
|coordinates            = {{coord|42.4114|2.545|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 520
|elevation min m        = 420
|elevation max m        = 2721
|area km2               = 25.18
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Le Tech''' ({{IPA|fr|lə tɛk|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-Le Tech.wav}}; {{langx|ca|El Tec}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pyrénées-Orientales]] [[Departments of France|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]].
[[File:Map commune FR insee code 66206.png|thumb|center|300px|Map of Le Tech and its surrounding communes]]
=== Neighbouring communes ===
{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Centre    = Le Tech
|North     = [[Corsavy]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Montferrer]]
|Southeast = [[Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans]]
|South     = [[Serralongue]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste]]
|Northwest = [[Casteil]]
}}
=== 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 (river)|Tech]].
[[File:Le Tech - Confluence Coumelade Tech.JPG|thumb|center|Confluence of the Coumelade and the Tech]]
== Toponymy ==
Le Tech takes its name from the [[Tech (river)|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]].<ref>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}})</ref>
== Government and politics ==
=== Mayors ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Mayor
! Term start
! Term end
|-
|Jean-Michel Coste
|align=center|1971
|align=center|1980
|-
|Raphaël Sales
|align=center|1980
|align=center|1989
|-
|Roger Gineste
|align=center|1989
|align=center|?
|-
|Claude Puitg
|align=center|2001
|align=center|2008
|-
|Guillaume Cervantes
| align=center|2008
|
|}
== Population ==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|37171|Le Tech}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-66206#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1866 |554
|1872 |521
|1876 |543
|1881 |498
|1886 |508
|1891 |450
|1896 |458
|1901 |470
|1906 |557
|1911 |512
|1921 |439
|1926 |449
|1931 |410
|1936 |370
|1946 |249
|1954 |252
|1962 |218
|1968 |152
|1975 |126
|1982 |124
|1990 |124
|1999 |84
|2007 |86
|2012 |103
|2017 |95
}}
== Sites of interest ==
[[File:Eglise Sainte-Marie du Tech - Vue générale.JPG|thumb|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==
*[[Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Pyrénées-Orientales communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in France]]
{{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub}}