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,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 which is actually located on the neighboring town of Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis. 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.
Notable people Paul Henderson, born August 15, 1962, in Croix-Chapeau, former chief minister of the Northern Territory for Australia.
Population
See also Communes of the Charente-Maritime department
References
External links
Photograph of the abandoned American Army hospital at Croix-Chapeau, Flickr , Web site of the village : https://www.croix-chapeau.fr/