| Croix-Chapeau | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | La Rochelle |
| Canton: | La Jarrie |
| Insee: | 17136 |
| Postal Code: | 17220 |
| Mayor: | Patrick Bouffet[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA La Rochelle |
| Coordinates: | 46.1094°N -1.0055°W |
| Elevation M: | 24 |
| Elevation Min M: | 17 |
| Elevation Max M: | 51 |
| Area Km2: | 4.83 |
Croix-Chapeau (in French pronounced as /kʁwa ʃapo/) 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,[2] 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.[2]
Paul Henderson, born August 15, 1962, in Croix-Chapeau, former chief minister of the Northern Territory for Australia.