Arrondissement of Cambrai

The **arrondissement of Cambrai** is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Cambrai.

## History
When the Nord department was created on 1790, the *arrondissement* of Cambrai was part of that original department.

## Geography
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 , and a population of 163,065 inhabitants for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

## Composition
### Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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:
* Cambrai (5909)
* Le Cateau-Cambrésis (5910)
* Caudry (5911)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Cambrai has 116 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Abancourt (59001)
# Anneux (59010)
# Aubencheul-au-Bac (59023)
# Avesnes-les-Aubert (59037)
# Awoingt (59039)
# Banteux (59047)
# Bantigny (59048)
# Bantouzelle (59049)
# Bazuel (59055)
# Beaumont-en-Cambrésis (59059)
# Beaurain (59060)
# Beauvois-en-Cambrésis (59063)
# Bermerain (59069)
# Bertry (59074)
# Blécourt (59085)
# Boursies (59097)
# Boussières-en-Cambrésis (59102)
# Briastre (59108)
# Busigny (59118)
# Béthencourt (59075)
# Bévillers (59081)
# Cagnoncles (59121)
# Cambrai (59122)
# Cantaing-sur-Escaut (59125)
# Capelle (59127)
# Carnières (59132)
# Le Cateau-Cambrésis (59136)
# Catillon-sur-Sambre (59137)
# Cattenières (59138)
# Caudry (59139)
# Caullery (59140)
# Cauroir (59141)
# Clary (59149)
# Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut (59161)
# Cuvillers (59167)
# Dehéries (59171)
# Doignies (59176)
# Élincourt (59191)
# Escarmain (59204)
# Escaudœuvres (59206)
# Esnes (59209)
# Estourmel (59213)
# Estrun (59219)
# Eswars (59216)
# Flesquières (59236)
# Fontaine-Notre-Dame (59244)
# Fontaine-au-Pire (59243)
# Fressies (59255)
# Gonnelieu (59267)
# Gouzeaucourt (59269)
# Haucourt-en-Cambrésis (59287)
# Haussy (59289)
# Haynecourt (59294)
# Hem-Lenglet (59300)
# Honnechy (59311)
# Honnecourt-sur-Escaut (59312)
# Inchy (59321)
# Iwuy (59322)
# La Groise (59274)
# Les Rues-des-Vignes (59517)
# Lesdain (59341)
# Ligny-en-Cambrésis (59349)
# Malincourt (59372)
# Marcoing (59377)
# Maretz (59382)
# Masnières (59389)
# Maurois (59394)
# Mazinghien (59395)
# Mœuvres (59405)
# Montay (59412)
# Montigny-en-Cambrésis (59413)
# Montrécourt (59415)
# Naves (59422)
# Neuville-Saint-Rémy (59428)
# Neuvilly (59430)
# Niergnies (59432)
# Noyelles-sur-Escaut (59438)
# Ors (59450)
# Paillencourt (59455)
# Pommereuil (59465)
# Proville (59476)
# Quiévy (59485)
# Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle (59488)
# Ramillies (59492)
# Rejet-de-Beaulieu (59496)
# Reumont (59498)
# Ribécourt-la-Tour (59500)
# Rieux-en-Cambrésis (59502)
# Romeries (59506)
# Rumilly-en-Cambrésis (59520)
# Sailly-lez-Cambrai (59521)
# Saint-Aubert (59528)
# Saint-Benin (59531)
# Saint-Hilaire-lez-Cambrai (59533)
# Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon (59537)
# Saint-Python (59541)
# Saint-Souplet (59545)
# Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis (59547)
# Sancourt (59552)
# Saulzoir (59558)
# Solesmes (59571)
# Sommaing (59575)
# Séranvillers-Forenville (59567)
# Thun-Saint-Martin (59595)
# Thun-l'Évêque (59593)
# Tilloy-lez-Cambrai (59597)
# Troisvilles (59604)
# Vendegies-sur-Écaillon (59608)
# Vertain (59612)
# Viesly (59614)
# Villers-Guislain (59623)
# Villers-Outréaux (59624)
# Villers-Plouich (59625)
# Villers-en-Cauchies (59622)
# Walincourt-Selvigny (59631)
# Wambaix (59635)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Nord department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References