What is Cambrai?
[[File:Blason cambrai.svg|90px|thumb|Coat of arms]] '''Cambrai''' ({{IPA-fr|kɑ̃bʁɛ|-|Fr-Paris--Cambrai.ogg}}; {{lang-pcd|Kimbré}}; {{lang-nl|Kamerijk}}; historically in English Camerick and Camericke) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] [[Departments of France|department]] and in the [[Hauts-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[France]] on the [[Scheldt]] river, which is known locally as the Escaut river. Cambrai is not very far from several European capitals: [[Brussels]] is {{convert|108|km}}, [[Paris]] is {{convert|160|km}} and [[London]] is {{convert|280|km}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lion1906.com/departements/nord/cambrai.php|title=Calcul de l'orthodromie|id=for Paris, Lille, Douai, Valenciennes, Arras, Saint-Quentin. Distances approximate as the crow flies on Google Earth for Brussels and London|access-date=2018-08-17|archive-date=2019-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519065840/http://www.lion1906.com/departements/nord/cambrai.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Nord communes}} [[Category:Communes in Nord]] [[Category:Subprefectures in France]] {{France-geo-stub}} {{authority control}}