Corent

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Thierry Julien^[2]Area2.68 km² (1.03 sq mi)Population764 • Density290/km² (740/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation330–610 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

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References

External links

• 3D reconstruction of Corent oppidum, France (La Tene period)