Corseul

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Corseul
Kersaout
Corseul (France)
Corseul
region Brittany
Department Cotes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Dinan
Canton Plancoët
Community association Dinan agglomeration
Coordinates 48 ° 29 ′  N , 2 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′  N , 2 ° 10 ′  W
height 13-126 m
surface 41.74 km 2
Residents 2,184 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 52 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 22130
INSEE code 22048
Website http://corseul.fr

Corseul ( Breton : Kersaout ) is a French commune with 2184 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the Brittany region . Corseul was an important place in Roman times, and there are still some Roman ruins from this time. There is a small archeology museum in the town hall.

The source of the Frémur river is located in the municipality .

history

In Celtic times Corseul was the main town of the Celtic tribe of the Curiosolites , from which the name of the city is derived. 10 BC The city was re-founded as Civitas , the Roman name was probably Fanum Martis ( Latin for "Temple of Mars ").

Fanum Martis was located in the Roman province of Lugdunensis and was for a long time an important Gallic-Roman city, in which five Roman roads ended. The heyday of Corseul can be set in the second half of the 1st century AD. From the 4th century AD began the decline of the settlement, which finally lost its central importance to Alet. Presumably the Roman Corseul was set on fire by invading barbarians around the year 406 AD and thereby completely destroyed. These events may be connected to the Rhine crossing in 406 .

A dedicatory inscription for the goddess Đirona was discovered in Corseul ( CIL XIII, 03143 = AE 1999, 01071 Num (ini) Aug (usti) de (ae) / Dirona (e) Cani (a) / Magusia lib (erta) / v ( otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito) ). Many of the remains of Roman architecture were looted in the following centuries, only a few fragments were collected in the garden of the town hall. The temple of Mars in Haut-Bécherel near Corseul is also of archaeological importance .

Population development

year 1793 1846 1896 1911 1946 2016
Residents 3967 3332 3165 2845 2188 2177

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Corseul

  • The Château de Montafilan from the 12th century. It is mostly just a ruin, but some parts of the building can still be viewed.
  • Some ruins from Roman times, including a temple of the god Mars in Haut-Bécherel and excavations in Champ-Moulon.

  • church

  • town hall

  • Château de Montafilan

  • Mars temple in Haut-Bécherel

  • Champ-Mulon excavation

literature

  • Loïc Langouet: La voie romaine Corseul-Avranches et son insertion dans le paysage. In: Les dossiers du Center Régional Archéologique d'Alet, issue 22, 1994, pp. 47–70.
  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 846-849.

Web links

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