Corseul

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Corseul
Kersaout
Commune
Roman ruins
Roman ruins
Coat of arms of Corseul
Coat of arms
Location of Corseul
Corseul is located in France
Corseul
Corseul
Coordinates: 48°28′57″N 2°10′08″W / 48.4825°N 2.1689°W / 48.4825; -2.1689Coordinates: 48°28′57″N 2°10′08″W / 48.4825°N 2.1689°W / 48.4825; -2.1689
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentCôtes-d'Armor
ArrondissementDinan
CantonPlancoët
IntercommunalityDinan Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Jan[1]
Area
1
41.74 km2 (16.12 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
2,191
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
22048 /22130
Elevation13–126 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 a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

The town was a major Roman town and contains Roman ruins. The town hall contains a small archaeological museum.[3]

History[]

Corseul was called Fanum Martis ("Temple of Mars") in Latin and was the capital of the Gallo-Roman province of Coriosolites. It was founded in 10 BC.[4] In the 3rd and 4th centuries, like many other cities, Fanum Martis was renamed for its people, the Curiosolitae. This name change occurred as the Roman Empire weakened and paralleled a revival of the ancient Gallic gods in local religious sculptures and dedicatory inscriptions.[5]

Some 1.5 kilometres to the southeast, at , stand the prominent remains of an extensive Roman temple sanctuary, built at the time of Nero and Vespasian.[6]

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,830—    
19681,925+5.2%
19751,955+1.6%
19822,022+3.4%
19901,987−1.7%
19991,977−0.5%
20081,975−0.1%

Inhabitants of Corseul are called coriosolites or curiosolites in French.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Official site" (in French). Commune of Corseul. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  4. ^ H Kérébel, "Évolution d'un chef-lieu de cité au cours de la première moitié du Ier siècle: Corseul (Fanum Martis), capitale de la cité des Coriosolites" Les villes de la Gaulle lyonnaise, 1996, reports on excavations since 1984; some finds from the site are conserved in the town museum and in the Musée Archéologique at Rennes.
  5. ^ "Corseul, capitale romaine des Coriosolites" (in French). armorance.free.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  6. ^ Louis Gouipeau, "La datation archéomagnétique du temple du Haut-Bécherel à Corseul", Revue Archéologique de l'Ouest 1984.1:pp84-88.

External links[]

Temple of Mars, at Haut-Bécherel to the southeast
Map of Roman Brittany



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