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Croix-Chapeau

Croix-Chapeau
Commune
Croix-Chapeau is located in France
Croix-Chapeau
Croix-Chapeau
Coordinates: 46°06′34″N 1°00′20″W / 46.1094°N 1.0055°W / 46.1094; -1.0055Coordinates: 46°06′34″N 1°00′20″W / 46.1094°N 1.0055°W / 46.1094; -1.0055
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Canton La Jarrie
Intercommunality CA La Rochelle
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Jammet
Area1 4.83 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 1,197
 • Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

From 1953 to 1966 there was a 500-bed U.S. Army hospital in Croix-Chapeau, run by the 28th General Hospital unit. 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.



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