Croix-Chapeau

Croix-Chapeau

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.

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

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

See also

References

  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

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