Metz-en-Couture

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Metz-en-Couture
Metz-en-Couture coat of arms
Metz-en-Couture (France)
Metz-en-Couture
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Bapaume
Community association Sud-Artois
Coordinates 50 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 4 ′  E
height 90-134 m
surface 10.73 km 2
Residents 664 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62124
INSEE code
Website http://www.metz-en-couture.fr/

City Hall (Mairie) of Metz-en-Couture

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Metz-en-Couture is a French municipality with 664 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Arras and the Canton of Bapaume (until 2015: Canton Bertincourt ). The inhabitants are called Herminois .

geography

Metz-en-Couture is located about 17 kilometers south-southwest of Cambrai . Metz-en-Couture is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Havrincourt in the north, Villers-Plouich in the northeast, Gouzeaucourt in the east, Heudicourt in the southeast, Sorel and Fins in the south and Neuville-Bourjonval in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 794 714 647 575 605 602 626 663
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Metz-en-Couture church
  • Saint-Nicolas church
  • British military cemetery

Web links

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