Cambrai ( Picard: Kimbré; Dutch: Kamerijk; historically in English Camerick and Camericke) is a commune in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.
Cambrai is not very far from several European capitals: Brussels is 108 kilometres (67 mi), Paris is 160 kilometres (99 mi) and London is 280 kilometres (170 mi).
Images for kids
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Geographic situation of Cambrai in the Nord department
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Cambrai in its topographical context
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The Tower of Arquets (14th century) controlled the entry of the Scheldt in the city and the flood defences.
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The A26 autoroute at its intersection with the A2, near Cambrai
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The SNCF railway station in Cambrai
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The Gare de Cambrai-Annexe [fr] in 1913
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The Gare du Cambrésis, former head of the line of the Chemin de fer du Cambrésis
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The tramway in 1905, in the main square
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City map dating from 1649
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Entry of the Scheldt into the city through the gate of Arquets (postcard from the early 20th century)
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On the Grand-Place the specification of reconstruction imposed a regional style
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Ruins of the town centre, in 1917
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A street of houses in the subdivision "Martin Martine" constructed by the Maison Familiale group, characteristic habitat of the years 1960–1970
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Former habitat in the old Cambrai
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The entrance from the Scheldt canal, the canal which serves the old docks and warehouses of Cambrai
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An extract from the Peutinger table showing Camaraco (Cambrai) northeast of Sammarobriva (present-day Amiens)
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Following the Treaty of Verdun, Cambrai found itself as a "median" border city of the kingdom of Lothair I with the western lands of Charles the Bald
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The belfry of Cambrai, the old bell tower of the Church of Saint Martin, symbol of communal freedoms
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Plan of Cambrai drawn in 1649, depicting the outline of the 11th century walls
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The "gunners' house" in Cambrai is an example of 17th-century Flemish architecture
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The Boulevard Faidherbe, drawn in 1898 on the site of the ramparts.
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The Place d'Armes, on a market day before the First World War
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Refugees at Cambrai in September 1918
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The Liberté Swimming Centre
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An example of the development of the food industry in the nineteenth century, the Escaudœuvres sugar factory, deemed the largest in Europe
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The Notre-Dame Gate (1634)
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The Cathedral of Our Lady
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Martin and Martine strike the hours in the bell tower of Cambrai's town hall
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The bandstand is one of the oldest in France
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The "caves" of the public garden
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The theatre of Cambrai, between the National Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art and the chapel of the old Saint-Julien Hospital
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See also
In Spanish: Cambrai para niños