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- Chief town of Nord departement, France; on
- the river Escaut (Scheldt); population (1982)
- 36,600. Industries include light textiles
- (cambric is named after the town) and
- confectionery. The Peace of Cambrai or
- Ladies' Peace (1529) was concluded on behalf
- of Francis I of France by his mother Louise
- of Savoy and on behalf of Charles V by his
- aunt Margaret of Austria. Cambrai was
- severely damaged during World War I.
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