Corseul
Commune in Brittany, France
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Corseul (French pronunciation: [kɔʁsœl]; Breton: Kersaout; Gallo: Corsoeut) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Corseul
Kersaout | |
|---|---|
Roman ruins | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Corseul | |
  Corseul  Corseul | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′57″N 2°10′08″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
| Arrondissement | Dinan |
| Canton | Plancoët |
| Intercommunality | Dinan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Jan[1] |
Area 1 | 41.74 km2 (16.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,331 |
| • Density | 55.85/km2 (144.6/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.[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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% 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% |
| 2023 | 2,331 | +1.09% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
