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Cassel
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| Commune of Cassel | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 2.483° |
| Latitude | 50.800° |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkirk |
| Canton | Cassel |
| Mayor | René Decoots (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 12.65 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,298 |
| - Density (1999) | 182/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59135/ 59670 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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- Cassel is also the old name of Kassel, a city in Hesse, Germany.
- For the American football quarterback, see Matt Cassel.
Cassel (Dutch: Kassel) is a town and commune in the Nord department of northern France.
Cassel stands on Mont Cassel, a prominent hill in the Flanders plain.
The Mont de Cassel seems to be a Roman foundation built to serve as the urban centre of the Menapii. Its Latin name was Castellum menapiorum. Cassel has developed from castellum following Germanic phonetic rules. Many Roman roads converged on Cassel and several are easily picked out today from the hill top.
Two major battles have been fought at Cassel: in 1328 involving the army of Philip VI of France. and in 1677, that of Philippe I of Orléans. During the First World War, Cassel was a headquarters of the British Army from which the northern end of the Western Front was directed. It was visited by leaders from King George V, down.
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