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Bourg-Madame La Guingueta d'Ix |
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The town hall in Bourg-Madame
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 Bourg-Madame
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Location within Occitanie region
Bourg-Madame
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| Coordinates: 42°26′07″N 1°56′41″E / 42.4353°N 1.9447°ECoordinates: 42°26′07″N 1°56′41″E / 42.4353°N 1.9447°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Prades | |
| Canton | Saillagouse | |
| Intercommunality | Pyrénées Cerdagne | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Jacques Fortuny | |
| Area1 | 7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 1,266 | |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66025 / 66760 | |
| Elevation | 1,130–1,235 m (3,707–4,052 ft) (avg. 1,130 m or 3,710 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bourg-Madame (Catalan: la Guingueta d'Ix) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Bourg-Madame is located in the canton of Saillagouse and in the arrondissement of Prades. It lies right on the border with Spain. It abuts directly onto the Spanish town of Puigcerdà, and is near the Spanish exclave of Llívia.
The town used to be known in French as Les Guinguettes, until 1815 when it was renamed Bourg-Madame in honour of the wife of the Duke of Angoulême. The Catalan name for the town is still the traditional one.
The commune is twinned with:
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