Corseul Kersaout | |
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 Roman ruins | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Corseul | |
  Corseul  Corseul | |
| Coordinates:48°28′57″N2°10′08″W / 48.4825°N 2.1689°W /48.4825; -2.1689 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Plancoët |
| Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Alain Jan[1] |
Area 1 | 41.74 km2 (16.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,270 |
| • Density | 54.4/km2 (141/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22048 /22130 |
| Elevation | 13–126 m (43–413 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Corseul (French pronunciation:[kɔʁsœl];Breton:Kersaout;Gallo:Corsoeut) is acommune in theCôtes-d'Armordepartment ofBrittany in northwesternFrance.
The town was a majorRoman town and contains Roman ruins. The town hall contains a small archaeological museum.[3]
Corseul was calledFanum Martis ("Temple of Mars") inLatin and was the capital of theGallo-Roman province ofCoriosolites. It was founded in 10 BC.[4] In the 3rd and 4th centuries, like many other cities, Fanum Martis was renamed for its people, theCuriosolitae. This name change occurred as theRoman Empire weakened and paralleled a revival of the ancientGallic gods in local religious sculptures and dedicatory inscriptions.[5]
Some 1.5 kilometres to the southeast, atHaut-Bécherel, stand the prominent remains of an extensive Roman temple sanctuary, built at the time ofNero andVespasian.[6]
Inhabitants of Corseul are calledcoriosolites orcuriosolites in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,925 | — |
| 1975 | 1,955 | +0.22% |
| 1982 | 2,022 | +0.48% |
| 1990 | 1,987 | −0.22% |
| 1999 | 1,977 | −0.06% |
| 2007 | 1,937 | −0.26% |
| 2012 | 2,085 | +1.48% |
| 2017 | 2,184 | +0.93% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
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