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Corent
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
.