Caudry

Caudry is a common French, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Its inhabitants is called Caudrésiens.

Situation

Caudry is located at approximately 80 km of Lille and 60 km of Arras It has 18 km of Cambrai and with 12 km of the Cateau-Cambrésis

Administration


Teaching

Elementary schools

  • School Paul Bert. Street Brossolette.

  • School Condorcet. 40, rue Chanzy.
  • School Jean Macet. 16, rue Auguste Marliot.
  • School Janssoone. 12, rue Emile Zola.
  • Private school Saint-Michel. 18/20, rue Aristide Briand.

Secondary education

Caudry respects the environment in these installations (Lycée Jacquard - Standard HQE).

History

Origins

The origins of the city remain rather vague. One can however go (if one judges some by the result of the archaeological excavations carried out in 1997) so far as to fix them at the first century of our era.

Medieval and modern history

The November 13rd 670, the tradition reports that the girl of the lord of Caudry Maxellende, was stabbed by Harduin d' Amerval of which it had pushed back the proposals for a marriage. Become blind, Harduin would have covered the sight at the court with a solemn Translation of the skin of its victim. Since this cure, Maxellende is the owner of Caudrésiens and the partially-sighted persons.

Lords of Caudry

Audancourt or Audencourt, commune attached to Caudry in 1964, was one of 12 peerages of the Cambrésis.

In the year 1007, Almaric, lord de Caudry, is constrained on the order of Henri of Bavaria, future Emperor of the Saint Germanic Roman Empire, to give up its rights on the county of Cambrésis, in favor of the bishop Erluin de Cambrai. Consequently, the territory of Caudry is found divided into two sections:

  • Caudry with Frenesches, Guisette, Post hole and concerning Tabeaumez Hainaut-Bourneville.

  • the Cockerel was incorporated in the Cambrésis and depended on the Cambric bishop.

See also: List of the lords of Caudry

If Caudry does not have the historical notoriety of its famous neighbors, Cambrai and Cateau, it nevertheless was associated with their destiny, the combat and exactions which the foreign armies perpetrated in our area. The troops of Louis XI camped in Caudry in 1477, those of Henri II in 1553, and those of Louis XIV in 1677. The April 26th 1794, the army of the Convention started even on the territory of the commune a combat so fatal that a ravine was called the riot deaths.

Blazon

The knowledge of the armorial bearings of Caudry goes back to a manuscript of the 15th century, preserved at the public library of Cambrai.

The armorial bearings, which “ carry money to three sheets of fish pond of mouths ”, are those of the seigneuriale family dating from the 14th century.

Modern history

The specialization of the city in the lace factory (19th century)

It is in catimini that Placide Gabet installed, in 1826, the first trade of tulle in Caudry and, in 1838, that Theophilus Tofflin began the manufacture of tulle imagination, thus establishing the first elements of prosperity caudrésienne. In 1913, several thousands of workmen worked on 650 trades with tulle. From 1926 inhabitants in 1804, Caudry passed to a population of 13360 in 1911 and becomes a true city where working mining cottages, houses of Master and workshops Textile S. Aujourd'hui were juxtaposed, a museum of lace, installed in an old workshop of the downtown area, recalls the history of the industry lacemaker of the 19th century to today.

First World War

During the First World War, the town hall was used as Kommandantur with the occupying army. It was damaged by glares of shells fired by a German tank the May 18th 1940.

In 1920, the municipal council decided to raise a monument with the memory of the 445 caudrésiens having sacrificed their life for the fatherland at the time of the First World War. Work of the sculptor Paul Theunissen, the War memorial the represents the grateful Humanity which receives in its left arm hairy expiring. It shows him the olive branch, symbol of Peace, that the hero conquered by the sacrifice of his life. Behind, new Humanity, under the features of an young girl, braided of a crown of flowers in homage to the hairy ones. On the side faces of the monument four low-reliefs are represented bronzes some evoking the hairy one in its trench thinking of Caudry, the evacuation in October 1918 by the street of Valencian, the delivery of the city by the 37e English division on October 10th, 1918 and the visit with the tombs. The monument was inaugurated the 1st October 1922.

Conversion of industry

If lace remains the base of local industrial fabric with 12 dentelliers who export more than 80% of a refined product, the economic advancement rests from now on on the diversification of the activities. Thus, since the beginning of the Seventies, of the sectors such as the Agroalimentary , the Cosmetic S or the Imprimerie was established on the industrial park of more than 100 Hectare S, which accommodates about thirty companies employing 1500 people.

In addition, an artisanal and commercial zone recently created contributes to the economic development of the city.

Caudry green city (a star with the label of the cities and villages flowered), alive and cultural knew to keep with the wire of the centuries its local folklore (of which a patois which is not spoken any more today).

The new structures (Standard HQE of the College Jacquard) and the restoration of the Center town contribute to modernize the city.

Demography

Inheritance and curiosities

Undergrounds

Caudry has an underground dug in chalk. It was intended to shelter the population. Remained been unaware of until in 1847, there was made available and restored by Jean-Adolphe Prioux. This underground, whose entry was located in the cemetery which surrounded the old church built on the current place, had three directions: one towards the street of peace, another towards the street Aristide Briand, the third towards the street Salengro. The part of the underground under the street of Peace comprised 14 rooms on both sides principal gallery located at 13 meters of depth over a 74 meters length. This gallery was broad of 1,40 meter and high 2,10 meters. On the wall of the one of the rooms was engraved the date 1640. The part moving towards the street Salengro, in 1847, broken down and was filled of fill. Lastly, the ascending gallery (towards the street Aristide Briand) finished with 2 meters of the bell-tower of old the church. In 1916 - 1917, subsidences on the place made it possible German to redécouvrir most of the underground which was cleared and supported. The whole was used as ammunition dump. At the time of their retirement in 1918, the German made jump the entry and a part the cavity which will preserve its mystery still a long time.

Other underground spaces exist under the city.

A plan drawn up in 1806 mentions not exploited career street of the Republic and indicates the existence of a street of the career (currently street of the general Leclerc)

Underground rooms were used in particular for the exploitation of chalk (it should be noted that a manufacturer of lime, Mr. Delpierre, had settled in Caudry towards 1850. The site was exploited until the middle of the 20th century by Mr. Gabet street of the Furnaces Lime).

With regard to Audencourt, let us leave the word to the Duthoit abbot: “One finds marl with the way of the Ream… One formerly exploited there the hardcore for the manufacture of the heat. From there, the existence of two lime kilns on both sides of the road of Audencourt with Montigny… It is said that the country would be truffle of undergrounds. It is claimed that an underground way made it possible to go from the village of Audencourt to the wood and to the castle of Clermont. ”

Religious heritage

The Paroisse of Caudry is mentioned as of 1181. The church of the parish is the Basilique Sainte Maxellende, whose construction resulted from the extraordinary population increase which followed the establishment of textile industries in second half of the 19th century.

One called upon Louis Cordonnier, an architect of reputation which left with Lille the church of Crowned Heart and the Palate of the Peace of $the Hague etc

The August 14th 1887 is posed the first stone and the April 7th 1890 takes place the dedication of the building, the church was high with the row of minor basilica by a in short pontifical on September 3rd 1991.

It measures 72 meters overall length and 36 meters of width to the Transept. The bell-tower culminates with 75 meters. It comprises a chime of 3 bells:

  • " Vox Dei ", thinking two tons the Do sounds.
  • " Pax ", 1700 kg, sound the Ré .
  • and " Maxellende " 1500 kg, sound the Fa .
These bells blessed in 1920 and 1922 replace those carried by German in 1918. In the platform, with the top of the entry, is installed the large organ built in 1913 by Charles Mutin of the house Cavaillé-coll.

Inside, large the Nef culminates with 20 meters in height under the keystone and the two sides with 8 meters. The transept ends in two vaults, that of left dedicated to Notre-Dame of the Rosary, that of right-hand side to holy-Maxellende with the Châsse of the holy one. It is lit by two Rosace S comprising each one 4600 parts of glass posed towards 1921.

Worships

  • Catholic Presence (Holy basilica Maxellende):

  • a temple antoinist located street of Denain was built in 1922 on the initiative of people having been sensitized by the lesson of the founder of morals antoinist, Louis Antoine known as " Père". Since its foundation, eight serving followed one another in the temple.

The temple was built on a ground bought by the in January 1892 city with Mr Fidèle Plé street of Peace. The first stone was posed the April 25th 1892 and the municipal council approves the official report of final acceptance of work the April 25th 1894. In spite of the fire of the pulpit and estrade by pyromaniacs in the night of the 21 to the January 22nd 1992, of many transformations followed one another to arrive at the interior and external current decoration. The meeting room behind the temple bears the name of Samuel Cornier, Pasteur with Caudry of 1924 until her death in 1943. Well beyond of a simple religious ministry, this father of nine children was given completely to the service of the caudrésiens for the culture, the social action for peace, supports it with the victims of the war and in solidarity towards his/her resistant friends.

Twinning

The town of Caudry is twinned with Wedel, a German commune. Exchanges are regularly organized between the two cities.

In July 1964, a team of voluntary of the Friendly layman of Caudry placed under the direction of Pierre Bazin accommodates the Jugendmusikkorps of Wedel. Bonds of friendship are tied between the two cities and the exchanges intensify

The Jumelage is officialized with Wedel on June 8th 1985 and in Caudry on October 25th 1986

Since, a committee ensures the perenniality of the Wedel/Caudry relations.

Famous characters of Caudry

See too

Related bonds

  • List of the lords of Caudry

Sources

  • Andre Flament and Patrick Raguet, History of Caudry , Northern Inheritance Editions

  • Caudry seen by Leonce Bajart writes by the friends of the caudrésis (1987)

External bonds

  • Official site of the town of Caudry

  • Museum of the lace of Caudry
  • Tourist bureau of Caudry
  • Joint Scenes of Caudry
  • the house of associations of Caudry
  • community of communes of the East Cambrésis ''
  • Caudry on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Caudry on the site of INSEE
  • Caudry on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Caudry on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Caudry on Mapquest

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