Corseul
Corseul (Breton: Kersaout, Gallo: Corsoeut) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Corseul
Kersaout | |
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 Roman ruins | |
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Location of Corseul 
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  Corseul  Corseul | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′57″N 2°10′08″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Plancoët |
| Intercommunality | Plancoët Val d'Arguenon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Alain Jan |
| Area 1 | 41.74 km2 (16.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 2,184 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/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. | |
The town was a major Roman town and contains Roman ruins. The town hall contains a small archaeological museum.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
Some 1.5 kilometres to the southeast, at Haut-Bécherel, stand the prominent remains of an extensive Roman temple sanctuary, built at the time of Nero and Vespasian.[5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,830 | — |
| 1968 | 1,925 | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 1,955 | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 2,022 | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 1,987 | −1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,977 | −0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,975 | −0.1% |
Inhabitants of Corseul are called coriosolites or curiosolites in French.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Official site" (in French). Commune of Corseul. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- 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.
- "Corseul, capitale romaine des Coriosolites" (in French). armorance.free.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- Louis Gouipeau, "La datation archéomagnétique du temple du Haut-Bécherel à Corseul", Revue Archéologique de l'Ouest 1984.1:pp84-88.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corseul. |
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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