Le Cateau-Cambrésis
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Commune of Le Cateau-Cambrésis Le Cateau-Cambrésis by Auguste Herbin - 1921 |
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| Location | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai |
| Canton | Le Cateau-Cambrésis |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Matisse |
| Mayor | Serge Siméon (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 84 m–157 m (avg. 96 m) |
| Land area¹ | 27.24 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7,453 |
| - Density (1999) | 274/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 59136/ 59360 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a commune in northern France, in the Nord département.
The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai.
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[edit] History
- The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian Wars, was agreed there on April 2-3, 1559.
- On March 28, 1794, allied forces under the prince of Coburg, defeated French forces at Le Cateau.
- Le Cateau formed the right wing of the front of the British Expeditionary Force at the Battle of Le Cateau on August 26, 1914, during its withdrawal from the Battle of Mons.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Le Cateau-Cambrésis was the birthplace of the painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954). 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.
The museum also benefited from a Tériade donation.
Le Cateau is also the birthplace of Marshal Mortier, Pierre Nord and Raymond Poïvet, one of the creators of the famous French science fiction comics Les Pionniers de l'Espérance.
Pierre Mauroy was a high school student in Le Cateau, and later its representative at the general council for the Nord département.
[edit] External links
- Webpage about Le Cateau-Cambrésis (in French)
- Tourist office (in French)
- Beffroivision, local TV channel
[edit] Gallery
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