Editing Cambrai (section)

===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.