Talk:Cambrai

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[edit] Stuff

When was the town founded ? -- Beardo 03:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

It's pre-Roman (it was a town of the Nervii when Julius Caesar went through there around 57 BC ... I'll add a bit to the article) Antandrus (talk) 04:12, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Excellent. Now we need to fill in the time after ! Like what was the siege of 1677 about ? -- Beardo 06:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

You should translate the french version but even if you don't achieve the translation, you can add the coat of arms !!! Bests regards -- Christophe Marcheux 21:20CET, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

The english name should be Cambray, it is usual with foreign languages to see old names kept. You can see it with the french names of Dutch-speaking places. David Descamps 12:20, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

This article is remarkably unhelpful on the question of who ruled Cambrai at various points. Johnbod 19:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proust

Is this the same as the Combray Proust goes on about in In Search of Lost Time ? Lycurgus 05:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Not at all. Combray is a creation of Proust based on the actual village of Illiers where he spent his youth (now renamed fr:Illiers-Combray). There seems to be also a "real" fr:Combray in Normandy. - CamsterE 17:40, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh, yeah that sounds familiar now. Sorry I read it more than 30 years ago. Lycurgus 06:33, 9 November 2007 (UTC)