Bourg-Madame
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Commune of Bourg-Madame |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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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. | |
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.