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Cambrai, town, Nord département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France. It lies along the Escaut River, south of Roubaix. Cambrai, France. The town was called Camaracum under the Romans, and its bishops were made counts by the German king Henry I in the 10th century. Cambrai was long a bone of contention among its neighbours—the counties ...
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Cambrai (US: / kæmˈbreɪ, kɒ̃ˈ -/, [ 3 ][ 4 ]French: [kɑ̃bʁɛ] ⓘ; Picard: Kimbré; Dutch: Kamerijk), formerly Cambray[ 4 ] and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city 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.
In other less populated regions, Cambrai would be an important city, but in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, densely populated and urbanised, the city and its suburbs come far behind Lille (1,143,125 inhabitants), Douai-Lens (552,682), Valenciennes (399,677), Dunkirk (265,974) and Maubeuge (125,000).
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Cambrai is classified as a listed town of Art and History Address: Cambrai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 59400, France || GPS coordinates: latitude 50.16, longitude 3.23
Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes): religious monument (9 km)Mastaing: ville fleurie 4* (17 km)Guyencourt-Saulcourt: ville fleurie 4* (21 km)Regular market(s) are held in Cambrai each Wednesday & Saturday. (Markets are held in the morning unless stated.) The French version of this page is at Cambrai (Francais)
20 November – 30 December 1917: the Cambrai operations. A British attack, originally conceived as a very large scale raid, that employed new artillery techniques and massed tanks. Initially very successful with large gains of ground being made, but German reserves brought the advance to a halt. Ten days later, a counter-attack regained much ...
Nov 11, 2017 · In August 1917, the commander of the newly-formed Tank Corps, Brigadier General Hugh Elles, proposed an operation to prove the ability of his tanks. In great secrecy, and under the cover of darkness, around 476 tanks, 1,000 guns, eight infantry and five cavalry divisions were massed at Cambrai. Zero hour was set for 6.20am on 20 November 1917.
Jan 26, 2020 · 3. Cambrai Belfry. Source: flickr. Cambrai Belfry. No city in this region would be complete without a medieval belfry, and these buildings in Northern France and Belgium have gained World Heritage status from UNESCO. Cambrai’s belfry is a dominant 62.5-metre Gothic tower dating from the middle of the 15th century.
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