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La Capelle had a station on the Busigny-Hirson railway line, which operated from 1885 to 1959 (and 1977 for freight traffic betweenLe Nouvion and La Capelle).
The village was founded bySaint Grimony, a saint of Irish origin of the 4th century. The village was of strategic importance, defending the French border against Avesnes-sur-Helpe, which was Spanish. It is 16 km from the Belgian border.
On 7 November 1918, at the end of World War I, it was at La Capelle that the Germanplenipotentiaries (headed byMatthias Erzberger), who had come to negotiate the armistice, crossed the front lines and met the commanderBourbon Busset. They were taken by car toHomblières, then toTergnier where a special train was waiting to bring them to the clearing ofRethondes in the forest of Compiègne where on the morning of the 8thMarshal Foch, with the allied delegation, was awaiting them in his command train.
During World War II in 1940, during thePhoney War, General Paul Barbe installed at La Capelle the command post of his division, the 4th Light Cavalry Division.
The top half of thecoat of arms is azure with a silver crenelated wall, flanked by two towers of the same, with two gold lions facing away from each other, holding silver swords. The bottom half is ingules, with four gold bezants (coins).
A Military bollard on the roadside of Avesnes-sur-Helpe is a Roman road marker. It is made of limestone and is cylindrical in shape.
Renowned racecourse: the racecourse of La Capelle, created in 1874.
The Villa Pasques 10, which was the place where the German plenipotentiary made contact with the allies to negotiate the armistice of 1918. Since 1992, the Villa Pasques has been the seat of the Community of Communes of the Thiérache Center.
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