Corent

Corent
Corent
Location within Auvergne region Corent
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Canton of Veyre-Monton
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Gergovie Val d'Allier
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Julien
Area1	2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	641
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
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 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.

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References

• INSEE