Cambrai Facts for Kids

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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).

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Geographic situation of Cambrai in the Nord department
Cambrai in its topographical context
The Tower of Arquets (14th century) controlled the entry of the Scheldt in the city and the flood defences.
The A26 autoroute at its intersection with the A2, near Cambrai
The SNCF railway station in Cambrai
The Gare de Cambrai-Annexe [fr] in 1913
The Gare du Cambrésis, former head of the line of the Chemin de fer du Cambrésis
The marina of Cantimpré
The tramway in 1905, in the main square
City map dating from 1649
Map of 1710
Entry of the Scheldt into the city through the gate of Arquets (postcard from the early 20th century)
On the Grand-Place the specification of reconstruction imposed a regional style
Ruins of the town centre, in 1917
A street of houses in the subdivision "Martin Martine" constructed by the Maison Familiale group, characteristic habitat of the years 1960–1970
Former habitat in the old Cambrai
The entrance from the Scheldt canal, the canal which serves the old docks and warehouses of Cambrai
An extract from the Peutinger table showing Camaraco (Cambrai) northeast of Sammarobriva (present-day Amiens)
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
The belfry of Cambrai, the old bell tower of the Church of Saint Martin, symbol of communal freedoms
Plan of Cambrai drawn in 1649, depicting the outline of the 11th century walls
Dufay (left) in conversation with Gilles Binchois
The "gunners' house" in Cambrai is an example of 17th-century Flemish architecture
Plan of Cambrai in 1710
The Boulevard Faidherbe, drawn in 1898 on the site of the ramparts.
The Place d'Armes, on a market day before the First World War
Refugees at Cambrai in September 1918
The Liberté Swimming Centre
An example of the development of the food industry in the nineteenth century, the Escaudœuvres sugar factory, deemed the largest in Europe
The Notre-Dame Gate (1634)
The Cathedral of Our Lady
Martin and Martine strike the hours in the bell tower of Cambrai's town hall
The covered market
The bandstand is one of the oldest in France
The "caves" of the public garden
The theatre of Cambrai, between the National Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art and the chapel of the old Saint-Julien Hospital
Erasmus
Louis Blériot
Bêtises de Cambrai

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