Bourg-Madame

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Coordinates: 42°26′07″N 1°56′41″E / 42.43527, 1.94472

Commune of Bourg-Madame

Location
Bourg-Madame (France)
Bourg-Madame
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Saillagouse
Intercommunality none
Mayor Jean-Jacques Fortuny
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 1,130 m–1,235 m
(avg. 1,130 m)
Land area¹ 7.85 km²
Population²
(1999)
1,166
 - Density 148/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 66025/ 66760
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Bourg-Madame (Catalan: la Guingueta d'Ix) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southwestern France, right on the border with Spain. It abuts directly onto the Spanish town of Puigcerda, and is near the Spanish exclave of Llivia.

Coordinates: 42°26′N, 1°56′E