| Coronel Xavier Chaves | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Coronel Xavier Chaves |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 30 December 1962 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Fúvio Olímpio de Oliveira Pinto (PSDB) |
| Area Note: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 140.954 |
| Elevation M: | 972 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 3,488 |
| Population Density Km2: | 23.42 |
| Population Demonym: | xavierense |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 36330-000 to 36334-999 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 0.677 – medium[3] |
Coronel Xavier Chaves is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of São João del-Rei. In 2021, the estimated population was 3,488.
The municipality contains part of the Ritápolis National Forest.
According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[4]
The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[5]