Corent

Corent
Corent
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Corent
Coordinates: 45°40′05″N 3°11′43″E / 45.6681°N 3.1953°ECoordinates: 45°40′05″N 3°11′43″E / 45.6681°N 3.1953°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Les Martres-de-Veyre[1]
Intercommunality	Gergovie Val d'Allier Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Thierry Julien[2]
Area^1	2.68 km^2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	703
• Density	260/km^2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Corent is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

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 Gaul and later 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.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References

• INSEE

1. "Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme" [2014-210 decree delimiting cantons of Puy-de-Dôme department]. Légifrance (in French). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
2. "List of Mayors of Puy-de-Dôme" (PDF). Prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
3. Fouilles de Corent