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Place in France| Cambrai | |
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| Location of | |
| Country | France |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai |
| Canton | Cambrai |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59122 / |
Cambrai (Dutch: Kamerijk) also written Cambray is a French town and commune, in the Nord département, of which it is a sous-préfecture.
Cambrai is the see of an archdiocese which jurisdiction was immense in during Middle Ages. The territory of the Bishopric of Cambrai, roughly coinciding with the historical Flanders, included large parts of the Low Countries. The bishopric had some limited secular power.
History
The Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December 3, 1917), a campaign of World War I took place there. It was noted for the first successful use of tanks.
Miscellaneous
There was a pub L'homme armé in Cambrai, across the street from Dufay's residence.
Births
Cambrai was the birthplace of:
- Charles François Dumouriez (1739-1823), French general
- Francisco de Carondelet (1747-1807), Spanish governor of Louisiana
- Louis Blériot (1872-1936), aviator
- Henri de Lubac (1896-1991), Jesuit and theologian
- Julien Torma (1902-1933), writer, playwright and poet
- René Dumont (1904-2001), engineer in agronomy, sociologist, and environmental politician
- Maurice Godelier (born 1934), social anthropologist, neo-Marxist, and French intellectual
Twin towns
Cambrai is twinned with:
- Houma - Louisiana, United States
- Chateaugay - Quebec, Canada
- Kamp-Lintfort - Germany
- Esztergom - Hungary
See also
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