Corent | |
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 View from the Corent plateau | |
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Location of Corent  | |
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| Coordinates:45°40′05″N3°11′43″E / 45.6681°N 3.1953°E /45.6681; 3.1953 | |
| 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 (2022)[3] | 782 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/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 acommune in thePuy-de-Dômedepartment inAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes in centralFrance.
It sits approximately 2 miles north ofLes Martres-de-Veyre on the side of the old volcanic Puy de Corent.
In 2001 excavation began on aGallic (Celtic) and laterGallo-RomanOppidum 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 Celticoppidum during the pre-RomanLa Tène period (Late Iron Age),[5] and there was already a dense fortified/walled settlement on the plateau during the Late Bronze AgeUrnfield period.[6][7]
![Reconstruction of the Corent oppidum, La Tène period.[8]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aCorent_oppidum_1.jpg)
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