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 Gallic (Celtic) and later Gallo-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. Corent was an important fortified Celtic oppidum during the pre-Roman La Tène period (Late Iron Age), and there was already a dense fortified/walled settlement on the plateau during the Late Bronze Age Urnfield period.
Gallic oppidum
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corent.References
Fouilles de Corent http://www.luern.fr ↩
Digital reconstruction of Corent oppidum, France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRGJZydZwc ↩
Milcent, Pierre-Yves (2014). "Les occupations de l'âge du Bronze du plateau de Corent (Puy-de-Dôme): Résultats des campagnes de fouille 2010-2013". Bulletin APRAB. 12: 89–94. https://www.academia.edu/36100261/Milcent_PY_Chassan_N_Mader_S_Saint_Sever_G_Tramon_A_Les_occupations_de_l%C3%A2ge_du_Bronze_du_plateau_de_Corent_Puy_de_D%C3%B4me_R%C3%A9sultats_des_campagnes_de_fouille_2010_2013_APRAB_12_2014 ↩
Retour sur les fouilles de Corent 2021. Gergovia Museum. 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYQR-z1XGQ ↩