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Visiting Cambrai, Cambrai Tourist Guide
Visiting Cambrai, Cambrai Military Cemeteries
General tourist Information for Cambrai on this page, these links for hotels in Cambrai and restaurants in Cambrai. This link for our most recent local French tourism feature.
More details on most of these subjects from the Cambrai Tourism website (contact details below). If you have visited the area, feel free to share your feedback, we will publish it where possible.
Visiting Cambrai, Cambrai Tourist Guide
Cambrai is set in the Escaut Valley at the Hainaut and Artois plateaus. Famed as a place of art and history, Cambrai offers visitors a rich architectural and cultural heritage of seventeen centuries. Cambrai's origins go back to the Gallo-Roman period. Its precise foundation is now unknown. It was called Camaracum or Camaraco by the Romans and has been of particular; military, social and ecclesiastical importance since the 4th century.
There are a large number of military cemeteries in the Cambrai area ( Le Cambrésis ), we include a list at the foot of the page. For complete details visit the Cambrai Tourism website. The cemeteries have been permanently granted to the Imperial War Graves Commission are laid out like English gardens and are places of contemplation.
The town has around 35,000 inhabitants, Cambrai is twinned with Gravesend.
The architectural landmarks of particular interest in Cambrai include:
- Église Saint-Géry - A beautiful 6th century church which houses the wonderful “Entombment” by Rubens and a remarkable polychrome marble jube, sculpted by Jaspart Marsy. - Grande rue Vanderburch, F-59400 Cambrai.
- Cathedrale De Notre-Dame - The church and the guesthouse, which has been home to the Post Office since 1911, belonged to the Saint-Sépulcre abbey, founded in the 11th century. - Place Jean-Paul II, F-59400 Cambrai.
- Musée des Beaux-Arts (fine art museum) - Installed in the Hôtel de Francqueville (1720), the museum houses one of the richest collections of the North region. - 15, rue de l'Epée, F-59400 Cambrai.
- La Chapelle des Jésuites (the Jesuit Chapel) - La chapelle des Jésuites (the jesuits chapel)
Activities to carry out in Cambrai include:
- Agritourism - Visit one of a number of farms in the area. Explore the farms,meet the animals (horses, donkeys, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, poultry) even try the local produce (bread cooked over a wood fire, fresh seasonal berries, sugar pies, cakes, jams, syrup strawberry, coffee or tea).
- Local Produce - The area is a rich source of traditional French food, you can visit and purchase direct from producers items such as:
- Beer - Abbey Brewery of Cateau
- Canned Goods
- Chocolate and Confectionery
- Dairy
- Fruit
- Honey
- Meat
- Pastry
- Poultry
- Vegetables
- Bike Tours - More details can be obtained form the Cambrai Tourism website
- MP3 Audio Tours - More details can be obtained form the Cambrai Tourism website
The Cambrais tourist office is at:
- Address:
Office de tourisme de Cambrai,
48, Rue de Noyon,
59400, Cambrai, France
- Telephone: +3.27.78.36.15
- Website: www.tourisme-cambresis.fr
Military Cemeteries and War Graves in the Cambrais area
- Abancourt
- Stèle d'Abancourt
- Anneux
- Anneux British Cemetery
- Aubencheul-au-Bac
- Monument du Hanneton
- Awoingt
- Awoingt British Cemetery
- Bantouzelle
- Blockhaus de Bantouzelle
- Beaurain
- Beaurain British Cemetery
- Bermerain
- Bermerain Communal Cemetery
- Vendegies Cross Roads British Cemetery
- Bertry
- Bertry Communal Cemetery
- Bethencourt
- Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
- Boursies
- Red Cross Corner Cemetery
- Briastre
- Belle-Vue British Cemetery
- Busigny
- Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension
- Cambrai
- Porte-de-Paris Cemetery
- Cambrai East Cimetery & Cambrai Communal Cemetery
- Le monument du souvenir du cimetière de la Porte de Paris
- Le monument de la Victoire
- Le monument aux soldats des Régiments de Cambrai
- Le monument des Territoriaux et des Victimes Civiles 1914-19
- Cantaing-sur-Escaut
- Cantaing British Cemetery
- Capelle-sur-Ecaillon
- Capelle-Beaudignies Road Cemetery
- Carnieres
- Carnières Communal Cemetery Extension
- Caudry
- Caudry Old Communal Cemetery
- Caudry British Cemetery
- Crévecoeur-sur-Escaut
- Bois-des-Angles British Cemetery
- Doignies
- Mémorial de Louverval
- Louverval Military Cemetery
- Esnes
- Esnes Communal Cemetery
- Eswars
- Schoënstatt Eswars
- Flesquieres
- Tank de Flesquières
- Orival Wood Cemetery
- Flesquières Hill British Cemetery
- Tour d'observation
- Fontaine au pire
- Fontaine-au-Pire Communal Cemetery
- Fontaine notre dame
- Crest Cemetery
- Gonnelieu
- Cim. Civile/Mil. Français
- Gouzeaucourt
- Gouzeaucourt New British Cimetery
- Haucourt en cambresis
- Haucourt Communal Cemetery
- Haynecourt
- Haynecourt British Cemetery
- Honnechy
- Honnechy British Cemetery
- Inchy
- Inchy Communal Cemetery Extension
- Iwuy
- Niagara Cemetery
- Iwuy Communal Cemetery
- La Groise
- Monument Britannique
- Le Cateau Cambrésis
- Monument du 26 août 1914
- Quiétiste Military Cemetery
- Le Cateau Communal Cemetery
- Le Cateau Military Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
- Ligny en cambresis
- Ligny-en-Cambrésis Communal Cemetery
- Marcoing
- Marcoing British Cemetery
- Masnières British Cemetery
- Masnieres
- Monument du Caribou
- Stèle à Hostetter
- Maurois
- Maurois Communal Cemetery
- Moeuvres
- Moeuvres British Cemetery
- Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension
- Montay
- Selridge British Cemetery
- Montay British Cemetery
- Montigny-en-Cambrésis
- Montigny Communal Cemetery
- Naves
- Naves Communal Cemetery Extension
- Neuvilly
- Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery
- Neuvilly Communal Cemetery& Extension
- Noyelles sur Escaut
- Casemates de Noyelles
- Noyelles sur l'Escaut Communal Cemetery & Extension
- Ors
- Stèle du 4 novembre 1918
- Ors British Cemetery
- Ors Communal Cemetery
- Pommereuil
- Pommereuil British Cemetery
- Proville
- Proville British Cemetery
- Quievy
- Quiévy Communal Cemetery Extension
- Raillencourt Saint-Olle
- Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension
- Drummond Cemetery
- St. Olle British Cemetery
- Ramillies
- Ramillies British Cemetery
- Rejet de beaulieu
- Le Rejet-de-Beaulieu Communal Cemetery
- Ribecourt la tour
- Blockhaus de Ribécourt
- Ribécourt British Cemetery
- Ribécourt Railway Cemetery
- Rieux en cambresis
- Wellington Cemetery
- Cim.Civile/Mil. Commonwealth
- Romeries
- Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension
- Rumilly en cambresis
- Rumilly Communal Cemetery Extension
- Sailly-les-Cambrai
- Cantimpré Canadian Cemetery
- Saint aubert
- Saint-Aubert British Cemetery
- Saint hilaire lez cambrai
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Cambrai British Cemetery
- Saint Souplet
- St. Souplet British Cemetery
- Saint vaast en cambresis
- St. Vaast Communal Cemetery & Extension
- Sancourt
- Sancourt British Cemetery
- Seranvillers forenville
- Forenville Military Cemetery
- Solesmes
- Solesmes British Cemetery
- Ovillers New Communal Cemetery
- Sommaing-sur-Ecaillon
- Canonne Farm British Cemetery
- Tilloy-lez-Cambrai
- Canada Cemetery
- Mill Switch British Cemetery
- Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon
- Crucifix Cemetery
- Vertain
- Vertain Communal Cemetery
- Villers guislain
- Villers Guislain Communal Cimetery
- Villers Hill British Cemetery
- Gauche Wood Cemetery
- Targelle Ravine
- Meath Cemetery
- Villers-Outreaux
- Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
- Villers plouich
- Sunken Road Cemetery
- Villers Plouich Communal Cemetery
- Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery
- Walincourt-Selvigny
- Cim Allemand
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