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Location within Poitou-Charentes region
Croix-Chapeau
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Country | France |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
Canton | La Jarrie |
Mayor | Jean-Pierre Jammet (2008–2014) |
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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. |
Croix-Chapeau is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
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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]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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Population | 557 | 562 | 555 | 683 | 863 | 890 | 1130 |