Corent
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![]() View from the Corent plateau | |
Coordinates: 45°40′05″N 3°11′43″E / 45.6681°N 3.1953°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand |
Canton | Les Martres-de-Veyre[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Julien[2] |
Area 1 | 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | 764 |
• Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 63120 /63730 |
Elevation | 330–610 m (1,080–2,000 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Corent (French pronunciation: [kɔʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
It sits approximately 2 miles north of Les Martres-de-Veyre on the side of the old volcanic Puy de Corent.
In 2001 excavation began on a Gallic (Celtic) and later Gallo-Roman Oppidum found in a field atop the puy. To this date, vast quantities of land have been excavated revealing the site as a main political, religious and economic center.[4] Corent was an important fortified Celtic oppidum during the pre-Roman La Tène period (Late Iron Age),[5] and there was already a dense fortified/walled settlement on the plateau during the Late Bronze Age Urnfield period.[6][7]
Gallic oppidum
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Reconstruction of the Corent oppidum, La Tène period.[8]
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Corent sanctuary. See: Digital reconstruction
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Sanctuary
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Sanctuary - libation pit
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Excavations
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View from the plateau
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme" [2014-210 decree delimiting cantons of Puy-de-Dôme department]. Légifrance (in French). 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Fouilles de Corent
- ^ Digital reconstruction of Corent oppidum, France.
- ^ Milcent, Pierre-Yves (2014). "Les occupations de l'âge du Bronze du plateau de Corent (Puy-de-Dôme): Résultats des campagnes de fouille 2010-2013". Bulletin APRAB. 12: 89–94.
- ^ Retour sur les fouilles de Corent 2021. Gergovia Museum. 2021.
- ^ Digital reconstruction of Corent oppidum, France.
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