Cambrai

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Cambrai (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃bʁɛ] ( listen); Picard: Kimbrécode: pcd is deprecated ; 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).^[1]

Cambrai Media

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
Port de plaisance de Cantimpré à Cambrai, sur le canal de Saint-Quentin / Canal de l'Escaut
The tramway in 1905, in the main square
Cambrai (Dutch: Kamerijk)

References

↑ "Calcul de l'orthodromie". for Paris, Lille, Douai, Valenciennes, Arras, Saint-Quentin. Distances approximate as the crow flies on Google Earth for Brussels and London. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2018-08-17.

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[1] "Calcul de l'orthodromie". for Paris, Lille, Douai, Valenciennes, Arras, Saint-Quentin. Distances approximate as the crow flies on Google Earth for Brussels and London. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2018-08-17.

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