Cambrai
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Cambrai | ||
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  Cambrai Location within Hauts-de-France region  Cambrai | ||
| Coordinates: 50°10′36″N 3°14′08″E / 50.1767°N 3.2356°ECoordinates: 50°10′36″N 3°14′08″E / 50.1767°N 3.2356°E | ||
| Kintra | Fraunce | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Depairtment | Nord | |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai | |
| Canton | Cambrai-Est an Cambrai-Ouest | |
| Intercommunality | Cambrai | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | François-Xavier Villain (DLR) | |
| Area 1 | 18.12 km2 (7.00 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 33,716 | |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59122 /59400 | |
| Elevation | 41–101 m (135–331 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) | |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | ||
Cambrai (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃bʁɛ]; Dutch: Kamerijk; German: Kamerich; auld spellin Cambray) is a commune in the Nord depairtment in northren Fraunce on the Escaut river. It is a sub-prefectur o the depairtment.
Twin touns – Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Cambrai is twinned wi:
Houma - Louisiana, Unitit States
Châteauguay - Quebec, Canadae
Kamp-Lintfort - Germany
Esztergom - Hungary
Gravesend - Kent - Unitit Kinrick[1]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived frae the oreeginal on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-20.