Metz-en-Couture

Metz-en-Couture
Commune
View of Metz-en-Couture from the fields
Coat of arms
Location of Metz-en-Couture
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Coordinates: 50°04′06″N 3°03′52″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Machut
Area 1	10.73 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	609
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62572 /62124
Elevation	90–134 m (295–440 ft) (avg. 136 m or 446 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Metz-en-Couture is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Metz-en-Couture is situated 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D7 and the D17 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
634	714	647	575	605	602	637
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Nicholas, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• Metz-en-Couture official website (in French)