Le Cateau-Cambrésis

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Le Cateau-Cambrésis

|commune status = Commune

|image = Le cateau beffroi.JPG

|caption = Belfry of Le Cateau

|image coat of arms = Blason le-Cateau-Cambrésis.svg

|arrondissement = Cambrai

|canton = Le Cateau-Cambrésis

|INSEE = 59136

|postal code = 59360

|mayor = Serge Siméon{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Caudrésis–Catésis

|coordinates = {{coord|50.1042|3.5445|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 96

|elevation min m = 84

|elevation max m = 157

|area km2 = 27.24

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|website = [http://www.lecateau.fr lecateau.fr]

}}

Le Cateau-Cambrésis ({{IPA|fr|lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Le Cateau-Cambrésis.wav}}, before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59136-le-cateau-cambresis INSEE commune file] The term Cambrésis 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 and Saint-Quentin.

History

The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian Wars, 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, 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.

=Heraldry=

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason le-Cateau-Cambrésis.svg

|legend1=Arms of Cateau-Cambrésis

|text=The arms of Cateau-Cambrésis are blazoned :
Azure, a 3-towered castle or.

}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59136#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |9114

|1975 |8804

|1982 |8256

|1990 |7703

|1999 |7460

|2007 |7102

|2012 |7058

|2017 |6933

}}

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.

Arthur Henri Lefort Des Ylouses, artist

Gallery

Image:Le Cateau Cambrésis 1.jpg

Image:Le Cateau Cambrésis 2.jpg

References

External links

[http://www.lecateau.fr/ Webpage] (in French)
[https://www.le-cambresis.fr/le-cateau-59360/ Aujourd'hui au Cateau-Cambrésis] (in French)
[http://www.nordmag.com/nord_pas_de_calais/cateau_cambresis/le_cateau.htm Webpage about Le Cateau-Cambrésis] (in French)
[http://www.amazing-cambrai.com/ Tourist Office] (in English)
[http://sites.google.com/site/beffroivision/ Beffroivision, local TV channel]
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/ftconline/sets/72157622701610916/ Photographs from the Highland Cemetery in Le Cateau-Cambrésis]

Cateaucambresis