Metz-en-Couture

Identity

Metz-en-Couture (INSEE 62572) is in Pas-de-Calais (62), part of CC du Sud Artois. Population 620 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/62572-metz-en-couture

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,902 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON SERGENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (METZ EN COUTURE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (PATRICIA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 655 (2012) → 620 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 605 (1990) → 620 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 3.5 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Metz-en-Couture): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ruyaulcourt): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gouzeaucourt): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hermies): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Metz-en-Couture): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CAMBRAI-EPINOY weather station, 19 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 130 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CAMBRAI-EPINOY, 19 km away at 76 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PRONVILLE, 12.9 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

58 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 77,000 € — 800 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Pas-de-Calais is 1,534 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62572/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62572/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62572/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 62572/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62572
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62731
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 59269
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 62440
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025