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Country
  
France

Department
  
Nord

Canton
  
Le Cateau-Cambrésis

Area
  
27.24 km²

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Cambrai

Intercommunality
  
Caudrésis–Catésis

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:35 AM

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Weather
  
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Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Map of 59360 Le Cateau-Cambr%C3%A9sis, France

The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai.

History

  • The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian Wars, was agreed there on April 2–3, 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, 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 on 26 August 1914, during its withdrawal from the Battle of Mons.

    • 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, artist
  • Marshal Mortier
  • Pierre Nord
  • Raymond Poïvet, one of the creators of the 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 department.

    References

    Le Cateau-Cambrésis Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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