Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai is the ''
communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...
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intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
. It is located in the
Nord
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, in the
Hauts-de-France
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region
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, northern
France
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. Created in 2017, its seat is in Cambrai.
[CA de Cambrai (N° SIREN : 200068500)]
BANATIC, accessed 8 October 2022. Its area is 411.3 km
2. Its population was 81,335 in 2019, of which 32,176 in Cambrai proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Accessed 8 October 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 55 communes:
# Abancourt
# Anneux
# Aubencheul-au-Bac
#Awoingt
Awoingt () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is southeast of the centre of Cambrai.
Population
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See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord departme ...
#Banteux
Banteux () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes c ...
# Bantigny
# Bantouzelle
# Blécourt
#Boursies
Boursies () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
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See also
* Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes ...
#Cagnoncles
Cagnoncles () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It contains 11 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.
History
Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls arriving in Cagnoncles around 19 October 1918 t ...
#Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
#Cantaing-sur-Escaut
Cantaing-sur-Escaut (, literally ''Cantaing on Escaut'') is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the ...
# Cauroir
# Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut
# Cuvillers
# Doignies
# Escaudœuvres
#Esnes
Esnes () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Monuments
*Castle
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes ...
#Estrun
Estrun (, before 1994: ''Étrun'') is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The ...
#Eswars
Eswars is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
#Flesquières
Flesquières () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate ...
# Fontaine-Notre-Dame
# Fressies
#Gonnelieu
Gonnelieu () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
History
During World War I, the town was captured by the German Empire during the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The foll ...
# Gouzeaucourt
# Haynecourt
# Hem-Lenglet
#Honnecourt-sur-Escaut
Honnecourt-sur-Escaut (, literally '' Honnecourt on Escaut'') is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of ...
#Iwuy
Iwuy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France.
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See also
*Communes of the Nord department
References
External links
Official websiteAujourd'hui à I ...
#Lesdain
Lesdain () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in th ...
#Marcoing
Marcoing () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
History
During World War I, there was an alleged incident between a British soldier named Henry Tandey and Adolf Hitler in this area. Hitler was unarmed and appeared wounded, so ...
#Masnières
Masnières () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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History
Masnières figured into the 1917 Battle of Cambrai during which time it was briefly captured by the British on the first day of the battle, November 20, an ...
#Mœuvres
Mœuvres () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in th ...
#Naves
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#Neuville-Saint-Rémy
Neuville-Saint-Rémy () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
T ...
#Niergnies
Niergnies () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in ...
# Noyelles-sur-Escaut
#Paillencourt
Paillencourt () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate ...
#Proville
Proville () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in ...
#Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle
Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The commune ...
# Ramillies
# Ribécourt-la-Tour
#Rieux-en-Cambrésis
Rieux-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes coope ...
#Les Rues-des-Vignes
Les Rues-des-Vignes (; called ''Vinchy'' in the Middle Ages) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Vinchy was the site of a famous battle of the then-rising Charles Martel in spring 717.
See also
*Communes of the Nord departm ...
# Rumilly-en-Cambrésis
#Sailly-lez-Cambrai
Sailly-lez-Cambrai is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes coopera ...
# Sancourt
# Séranvillers-Forenville
#Thun-l'Évêque
Thun-l'Évêque () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooper ...
#Thun-Saint-Martin
Thun-Saint-Martin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Sister cities
* Kincardine O'Neil, Scotland
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord departmen ...
# Tilloy-lez-Cambrai
# Villers-en-Cauchies
#Villers-Guislain
Villers-Guislain () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The graveyard a Gauche Woodcontains the casualties who died during the Battle of Épehy when British troops were deployed between Gouzeaucourt and Villers-Guislain.
Her ...
#Villers-Plouich
Villers-Plouich is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, situated 14 km south-west of the town of Cambrai.
Geography
The commune of has evolved over time to consist of the main village centre and two separate hamlets:
* Be ...
#Wambaix
Wambaix () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Wambaix station has rail connections to Douai, Cambrai and Saint-Quentin.
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Population
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 ...
References
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
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