Editing Cambrai (section)

===Business and shops===
There are four zones and parks of activity in the agglomeration:
* The industrial zone of Cantimpré, to the south-west of the city.
* The Actipole Park, on the edge of the A2 autoroute {{convert|2|km}} west of Cambrai, offers a total area of {{convert|97|ha}}. As it is completely occupied, it is being extended.
* The zone of Fontaine-Notre-Dame, a kilometre from the A26 autoroute, offers a total area of {{convert|75|ha}}.
* The zone of South Cambrai Proville, one kilometre to the south of Cambrai, on the {{Interlanguage link multi|Route nationale 44 (France)|fr|3=Route nationale 44 (France)|lt=RN 44}}, in the direction of Saint-Quentin, is devoted to the commercial areas over an area of {{convert|40|ha|acre}}.

The economy of Cambrai is based on four pillars:
* [[Agriculture]], which occupies a third of the territory of the commune.
* The [[agribusiness|agri-food industry]], which occupies an important place in the economy of the commune (confectionery, candy, dairy, etc.) due to strong agricultural activity ([[intensive farming]] of [[Animal husbandry|livestock]] and [[cereal]]s) in the arrondissement (80% of the area).
* Logistics, benefitting from the situation of the commune of Cambrai in the heart of the triangle London–Paris–Benelux and the intersection of two motorways, tends to be concentrated in the western part of the agglomeration. Thus all of the {{convert|97|ha|acre}} of the Actipôle Raillencourt zone of activity located {{convert|2|km}} west of Cambrai on the edge of the A2 autoroute are now used, partly by distribution undertakings, for a thousand jobs around. The extensions Actipole 2 and 3 are underway or study.
* [[Textile industry|Textile]], found predominantly in the rest of the arrondissement ([[Caudry]], [[Villers-Outréaux]], etc.) is represented in Cambrai by clothing and linens. The Cambrai region is associated with those of [[Calais]] and the [[Métropole Européenne de Lille]] within the Up-Tex [[Pôle de compétitivité en France|competitiveness cluster]], specialised in textile products high performance and customisation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/biblioth/docu/kiosque/cahiers/cahier3.htm|title=Chiffres clés et Documentation, ministère de l'Économie et des Finances|date=13 November 2023 }}</ref>

The Central Hospital of Cambrai, the commune of Cambrai, [[Auchan]], Les Papillons blancs, [[Cora (hypermarket)|Cora]], TANIS (chemistry, rubber, plastic), the ''Compagnie des Engrenages et Réducteurs Messiaen Durand'' (mechanical equipment) and the departmental fire and rescue service were, in order, the eight major employers in the town, in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.insee.fr/fr/regions/nord-pas-de-calais/default.asp?page=themes/tableau_de_bord/TB02camb.htm#entreprises|title = Indicateurs de la Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai par thèmes : entreprises|work =INSEE Nord Pas-de-Calais}}</ref>