Croix-Chapeau

Croix-Chapeau
Croix-Chapeau
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Croix-Chapeau
Coordinates: 46°06′34″N 1°00′20″W / 46.1094°N 1.0055°WCoordinates: 46°06′34″N 1°00′20″W / 46.1094°N 1.0055°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	La Jarrie
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Jammet
Area^1	4.83 km^2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	1,197
• Density	250/km^2 (640/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17136 / 17220
Elevation	17–51 m (56–167 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
^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.

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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	557	—
1968	562	+0.9%
1975	555	−1.2%
1982	683	+23.1%
1990	863	+26.4%
1999	890	+3.1%
2008	1,130	+27.0%
2012	1,197	+5.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

1. 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

• Location of on the map of France
• Photograph of the abandoned American Army hospital at Croix-Chapeau, Flickr
• , Web site of the village : http://www.croix-chapeau.fr/