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Location within Brittany region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Plancoët |
| Intercommunality | Plancoët Val d'Arguenon |
| Mayor | Alain Jan (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 13–126 m (43–413 ft) |
| Land area1 | 41.74 km2 (16.12 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,975 (2008) |
| - Density | 47 /km2 (120 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 22048/ 22130 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 48°28′57″N 2°10′08″W / 48.4825°N 2.1689°W
Corseul (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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
Some 1.5 kilometer to the southwest, at Haut-Bécherel, stand the prominent remains of an extensive Roman temple sanctuary, built at the time of Nero and Vespasian..[4]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 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
- ^ "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
- French Ministry of Culture list for Corseul (French)
Temple of Mars, at Haut-Bécherel to the southeast
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