Croix-Chapeau

Croix-Chapeau
Croix-Chapeau
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Croix-Chapeau
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	La Jarrie
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Jammet (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	17–51 m (56–167 ft) (avg. 24 m/79 ft)
Land area1	4.83 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population2	1,130  (2008)
- Density	234 /km2 (610 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17136/ 17220
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°06′34″N 1°00′20″W / 46.10944°N 1.0055°W / 46.10944; -1.0055

Croix-Chapeau is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

History

From 1953 to 1966 there was a 500-bed U.S. Army hospital in Croix-Chapeau, run by the 28th General Hospital unit.^[1] For a while after 1966 it was used as a French Military Hospital. After being abandoned for several years, it was sold to a developer, who in the 2000s repurposed it as an industrial park.^[1]

Population

Historical population of Croix-Chapeau

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
557	562	555	683	863	890	1130

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ ^{a b} Labrude Pierre (2008) "Les hôpitaux construits en France pour l'US Army de 1950 a 1967: Organisation, localisation, usage." ("The hospitals constructed in France for the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1967: Organization, location, usage") Histoire des sciences médicales 42(3): pp. 301-310, in French; Abstract

External links

• Croix-Chapeau on the Quid site
• Location of on the map of France
• Photograph of the abandoned American Army hospital at Croix-Chapeau, Flickr