Croix-Chapeau () is a
commune in the
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square ...
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
/ref> 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 : http://www.croix-chapeau.fr/
Communes of Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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