Editing Cambrai (section)

====Economic activity====
[[File:Cambrai - Cameracvm vulgo Cambray - Kamerijk (Atlas van Loon).jpg|thumb|right|alt=Plan of Cambrai drawn in 1649|Plan of Cambrai drawn in 1649, depicting the outline of the 11th century walls]]
In the [[Middle Ages]], the city grew richer and larger thanks to its weaving industry which produced woollen cloth, linen and [[cambric]]. Cambrai, and in particular the drapery, experienced an economic decline from the 15th century.<ref group="b" name="p.98"/> Cambrai then belonged to a commercial [[Hanseatic League|hansa]] of seventeen low country cities whose aim was to develop trade with the fairs in [[Champagne, France|Champagne]] and [[Paris]]. By the 11th century the city walls had reached the circumference they would keep until the 19th century.{{cn|date=June 2024}}