Cambrai | |
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![]() Location within the region Hauts-de-France | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
No. of communes | 116 |
Subprefecture | Cambrai |
Area | 901.6 km2 (348.1 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 160,208 |
INSEE code | 592 |
The arrondissement of Cambrai is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Cambrai.
When the Nord department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Cambrai was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Cambrai is in the southwest of the Nord department. It borders with the Douai arrondissement to the northwest, the Valenciennes arrondissement to the north, the Avesnes-sur-Helpe arrondissement to the east, the Aisne department to the south, the Somme department to the southwest and the Pas-de-Calais to the west.
The arrondissement of Cambrai has an area of 901.6 km2 (348.1 sq mi),[3] and a population of 163,065 inhabitants for a population density of 180.9 inhabitants/km2.[4]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The cantons in the arrondissement of Cambrai are:
The arrondissement of Cambrai has 116 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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59122 | Cambrai | 32,897 | Cambrai | CA de Cambrai |
59139 | Caudry | 15,073 | Caudry | Le Caudrésis et du Catésis |
59136 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 7,146 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis | Le Caudrésis et du Catésis |
59571 | Solesmes | 4,450 | Caudry | Le Pays Solesmois |
59428 | Neuville-Saint-Rémy | 3,871 | Cambrai | CA de Cambrai |
59037 | Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,621 | Caudry | Le Caudrésis et du Catésis |
59322 | Iwuyl | 3,307 | Caudry | CA de Cambrai |
59206 | Escaudoeuvres | 3,302 | Cambrai | CA de Cambrai |
59476 | Proville | 3,169 | Cambrai | CA de Cambrai |
59389 | Masnières | 2,677 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis | CA de Cambrai |
59118 | Busigny | 2,513 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis | Le Caudrésis et du Catésis |