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| Cateau, Le |
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(l kät ´) (KEY) or Le Cateau-Cambrésis (l kät´-käNbr z ´) (KEY) , town (1993 est. pop. 7,789), Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders. It has textile, metallurgical, and ceramic industries. The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559) returned the last English foothold on the continent to France. Le Cateau was the scene of much fighting in World War I. A museum contains much of the work of Matisse, who was born there. |
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