Corent

Corent (French pronunciation: [kɔʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Corent
Commune
View from the Corent plateau
Coat of arms
Location of Corent
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Coordinates: 45°40′05″N 3°11′43″E
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.

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

• 
  Reconstruction of the Corent oppidum, La Tène period.^[8]
• 
  Corent sanctuary. See: Digital reconstruction
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  Sanctuary
• 
  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