Editing Cambrai (section)

==Politics and administration==
===Political trends and results===
Overall, voting in Cambrai is little different from the national vote, but the abstention rate is often higher: For example, it was 34.86% in the 2005 referendum (against 30.63%); 22.07% in the first round of the 2007 presidential election (compared with 16.23%) and 38.13% in the first round of the legislative elections of 2002 (compared to 35.58%).

Cambresiens voters seem also more cautious with regard to the [[European Union]] and the French in general: The [[referendum]] on the ratification of the Treaty on European Union of 1992 was rejected by 53.35%, while at the national level it was approved by a narrow majority of 51.04%. In 2005, the draft law on the ratification of the [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe]] was rejected more widely in Cambrai (59.8% of voted "No") than at the national level (54.67%).

In the [[2007 French presidential election|presidential election of 2007]] the results of the second round were very close to national figures: 54.07% for [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] and 45.93% for [[Ségolène Royal]], against respectively 53.06% and 46.94% at the national level. In the first round [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] achieved a slightly better result at Cambrai (13.28%) than France (10.44%), while [[François Bayrou]] was in a reversed situation (16.77% against 18.57%). [[Arlette Laguiller]] (2.02%) and [[Olivier Besancenot]] (4.77%) were the only other candidates to exceed 1.5%. In the second round of the [[2002 French presidential election|presidential election of 2002]] [[Jacques Chirac]] arrived largely in the lead in Cambrai as in the rest of the country but Jean-Marie Le Pen's result was higher (21.11% against 17.79%).

In the [[2007 French legislative election|legislative elections of 2007]], [[François-Xavier Villain]], the candidate related to the [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] and who was also the incumbent Mayor of Cambrai, achieved 57.42% in the first round (48.03% in the constituency). All the other candidates were below the national percentage of their party. For example, the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] achieved 22.91% against 24.73%, the [[French Communist Party|Communist Party]] at 3.10% compared to 4.29% and the UDF at 6.21% against 7.61%. The decline of the [[National Front (France)|National Front]] was also more marked in Cambrai (4.14%) than elsewhere (4.24%). One finds a situation close to the [[2002 French legislative election|2002 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/elections/resultats/|title = Résultats électoraux en France|work = Minister of the Interior, de l'outre-mer et des collectivités territoriales|date = 6 April 2010|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111129115403/http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/elections/resultats|archive-date = 29 November 2011}}</ref>

In the first round of the [[2012 French presidential election|presidential election of 2012]], the four candidates in the lead in Cambrai were [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] ([[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]], 28.29%), [[François Hollande]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]], 27.56%), [[Marine Le Pen]] ([[National Front (France)|FN]], 20.81%) and [[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]] ([[Left Front (France)|Left Front]], 10.14%) with a turnout of 72.61%. In the second round, François Hollande was in the lead with 50.75% of the vote, with a participation rate of 73.09%.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/PR2012/031/059/059122.html|title=Les résultats de l'élection présidentielle 2012 |work=Minister of the Interior}}</ref>

===Municipal government===
[[File:Cambrai-Hôtel-de-Ville.jpg|thumb|right|The city hall, inaugurated in 1932]]

Cambrai is the [[chef-lieu]] of one of the six [[Arrondissement of Cambrai|arrondissement]]s in the [[Nord (French department)|Nord department]]. Cambrai is also the seat of the [[canton of Cambrai]], which consists of 27 communes (including Cambrai).

Since 22 December 1992, Cambrai is the seat of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Agglomeration Community of Cambrai|fr|3=Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai}} which includes 33 communes and approximately 68,000 inhabitants. The city also adheres to the following intercommunal structures:

*The Intercommunal Association of Sanitation of the Cambrai Agglomeration (SIAC).
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Single-purpose intercommunal syndicate|fr|3=Syndicat intercommunal à vocation unique|lt=SIVU}} ''"Scènes mitoyennes"'' ["Adjoining Stages"], created in August 2000, brings together the communes of Cambrai, [[Caudry]], [[Escaudœuvres]] and [[Neuville-Saint-Rémy]] with which it harmonises cultural policies.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.villedecambrai.com/index.php?id=1285|title=Scènes Mitoyennes|publisher=Ville de Cambrai}}</ref>
*SIVU ''"Murs mitoyens"'' ["Adjoining Walls"], operational since 1 January 2006 and headquartered in Caudry, its mission is to educate the various planning authorities for the two cities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dialogue.mda-caudry.fr/dialogue_39.pdf|title=Dialogue – Bulletin d'informations municipales|year=2006|work=Ville de Caudry}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*The Intercommunity Association of the energy of the Cambrésis (SIDEC), which is headquartered at Neuville-Saint-Rémy, brings together the 111 communes in the arrondissement. It concedes the management of the public service energy distribution to [[Électricité Réseau Distribution France|ERDF]] and manages the work of strengthening and concealment of networks.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Forum-Municipal/Hainaut-Avesnois/Cambrai/2009/05/15/article_le-sidec-cette-etrange-entite-qui-gere-n.shtml|title = Le SIDEC, cette étrange entité qui gère notre énergie|work = La Voix du Nord|date = 15 May 2009}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*The {{Interlanguage link multi|Scheme of territorial coherence|fr|3=Schéma de cohérence territoriale}} (SCoT) of le Cambrésis (via the agglomeration community of Cambrai).
*The Joint Association for the Enhancement of the Upper Scheldt (via the agglomeration community of Cambrai).

Cambrai was merged with the commune of [[Morenchies]] in 1971.

===List of mayors===
Since 1945, Cambrai has had three mayors. The city, after having constantly re-elected a [[French Section of the Workers' International|Socialist]] mayor from the Liberation until 1977 in the person of Raymond Gernez, has since been administered by mayors from RPR or the related UMP: Jacques Legendre until 1992, then François-Xavier Villain. The latter was elected to the [[Nord's 18th constituency|18th constituency in Nord]] on 16 June 2002 and re-elected in 2007 and 2012.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
|+ List of mayors of Cambrai
! Start
! End
! Name
! Party
! Other details
|-
|20 May 1945
|20 March 1977
|{{Interlanguage link multi|Raymond Gernez|fr}}
|[[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]] then [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
|Député of Nord (1958–1973)
|-
|20 March 1977
|October 1992
|[[Jacques Legendre (French politician)|Jacques Legendre]]
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
|Député of Nord (1973–1981), Minister, Senator
|-
|18 October 1992
|In progress
|[[François-Xavier Villain]]
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]] related, then [[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]]
|Député of Nord (2002–)<br />Re-elected for the 2014–2020 term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/cambrai-installation-du-conseil-municipal-ia13b0n2028313|title=Cambrai : Installation du conseil municipal, François-Xavier Villain élu maire pour la cinquième fois|work=La Voix du Nord|date=31 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123231638/http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/cambrai-installation-du-conseil-municipal-ia13b0n2028313|archive-date=23 January 2015}}</ref>
|}

===Judicial and administrative authorities===
Cambrai was for a short time the seat of the [[Parlement]] of [[French Flanders]], from 1709 until its transfer to [[Douai]] in 1713.

The city is now within the jurisdiction of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Court of Appeal of Douai|fr|3=Cour d'appel de Douai}}. It is the seat of a {{Interlanguage link multi|Tribunal de grande instance (France)|fr|3=Tribunal de grande instance (France)|lt=high court}} whose jurisdiction coincides with the boundaries of the [[arrondissement]], a [[Tribunal d'instance]] and an [[Labour Court (France)|industrial tribunal]], installed in the restored {{Interlanguage link multi|Château de Selles|fr}}. With the reform of the judicial map launched in 2007 the city has lost its [[Tribunal de commerce|commercial court]] and is linked to that of Douai.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.carte-judiciaire.justice.gouv.fr/index.php?rubrique=10352&ssrubrique=10371|title = La réforme de la carte judiciaire|work = Ministère de la Justice|date = 1 December 2009|access-date = 21 May 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081123023000/http://www.carte-judiciaire.justice.gouv.fr/index.php?rubrique=10352&ssrubrique=10371|archive-date = 23 November 2008|url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Environmental policy===
The environmental policy is one of the competences of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Community of the agglomeration of Cambrai|fr|3=Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai}}.