Bourg-Madame (French pronunciation: [buʁ madam] ⓘ; Catalan: La Guingueta d'Ix) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
[3] Bourg-Madame is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
The town used to be known in French as Les Guinguettes,[4] until 1815 when it was renamed Bourg-Madame in honour of the wife of the Duke of Angoulême.
In the 20th century, Bourg-Madame was the site of a camp housing Republican escapees from Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
[5] The following major roads lead to Bourg-Madame: Bourg-Madame is located at a key point of intersection for railways that link Toulouse, Barcelona, and Valencia (as well as Perpignan to the east via the Yellow Train).