Metz-en-Couture

Metz-en-Couture
Commune
View of Metz-en-Couture from the fields
Coat of arms
Metz-en-Couture
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Metz-en-Couture
Coordinates: 50°04′06″N 3°03′52″E / 50.0683°N 3.0644°E / 50.0683; 3.0644Coordinates: 50°04′06″N 3°03′52″E / 50.0683°N 3.0644°E / 50.0683; 3.0644
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Canton of Bertincourt
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Machut
Area1	10.73 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	637
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metz-en-Couture.

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