Corseul
Kersaout
Commune
Roman ruins
Roman ruins
Coat of arms of Corseul
Coat of arms
Location of Corseul
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Corseul is located in France
Corseul
Corseul
Corseul is located in Brittany
Corseul
Corseul
Coordinates: 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
 (2021)[2]
2,223
 • Density53/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 Haut-Bécherel, stand the prominent remains of an extensive Roman temple sanctuary, built at the time of Nero and Vespasian.[6]

Population

Inhabitants of Corseul are called coriosolites or curiosolites in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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]

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 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  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.
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Temple of Mars, at Haut-Bécherel to the southeast
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