Le Cateau-Cambrésis (, before 1977: ''Le Cateau'') is a commune in the

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department in northern

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Cambrésis Cambrésis (, , ) is a former ''pagus'' and county of the medieval Holy Roman Empire, which constituted the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrai from the 11th to the 18th centuries. It was annexed by the Kingdom of France in 1679. It is now regarded as one ...

indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai. Le Cateau station has rail connections to Paris,

Maubeuge Maubeuge (; historical or ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. It is situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), east of Valenciennes and ab ...

and

Saint-Quentin Saint-Quentin may refer to: Places Canada *Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick * Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick * Saint-Quentin Island, in Trois-Rivières, in Québec France * Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in the Aisne department * Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ...

History

*The

Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis Peace is a state of harmony in the absence of hostility and violence, and everything that discusses achieving human welfare through justice and peaceful conditions. In a societal sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such a ...

, ending the

Italian Wars The Italian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between 1494 and 1559, mostly in the Italian Peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the House of Valois, Valois kings o ...

, was agreed there on 2–3 April 1559. * Until 1678, the city belonged to the Spanish Netherlands (now called Belgium). France conquered the city officially by the treaty of Nijmegen signed in 1678. *On 28 March 1794, allied forces under the prince of

Coburg Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...

, defeated French forces at Le Cateau. *Le Cateau formed the right wing of the front of II Corps of the British Expeditionary Force at the

Battle of Le Cateau The Battle of Le Cateau was fought on the Western Front during the First World War on 26 August 1914. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Fifth Army had retreated after their defeats at the Battle of Charleroi (21–23 A ...

on 26 August 1914, during its withdrawal from the

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Heraldry

Population

Matisse Museum

The '' Musée Départemental Henri Matisse'' installed in the Palais Fénelon in the center of Le Cateau boasts the third largest collection of Matisse works in France.

Notable people

Births: *

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...

, artist * Marshal Mortier *

Pierre Nord Pierre Nord, real name André Léon Brouillard (15 April 1900 – 10 December 1985), was a French writer, spy, and resistance member. Early life Brouillard was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord. He participated in the First World War as a ...

Raymond Poïvet Raymond Poïvet (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999) was a French cartoonist. Biography Poïvet was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord. After studies at Beaux-Arts de Paris, he started in comics in 1941. In 1945 he joined the communist French ...

, one of the creators of the French science fiction comics ''

Les Pionniers de l'Espérance LES or Les may refer to: People * Les (given name) * Les (surname) * L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer Space flight * Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews * Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies * Lincoln Experimental S ...

Pierre Mauroy Pierre Mauroy (; 5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French Socialist politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand. Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. At the time of his de ...

was a high school student in Le Cateau, and later its representative at the general council for the Nord department.

Arthur Henri Lefort Des Ylouses Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Ital ...

, artist

Gallery

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History

Heraldry

Population

Matisse Museum

Notable people

Gallery

See also

References

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