Corsept

Corsept Corsèt (Gallo) Corzed (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Corsept
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Coordinates: 47°16′42″N 2°03′28″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Intercommunality	Sud-Estuaire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Gentes[1]
Area ^1	23.62 km^2 (9.12 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,636
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44046 /44560
Elevation	0–26 m (0–85 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Corsept (French pronunciation: [kɔʁsɛ]; Gallo: Corsèt, Breton: Korzed) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Etymology

It is believed that the name comes the Latin "Corpus Septimum" because it was the seventh parish on the banks of the Loire under the patronage of St. Martin.^[3]

Pierre-Bonde menhir

Corsept is also the site of a number of Celtic dolmens and menhirs.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,010 —     1821 1,014 +0.01% 1846 1,041 +0.11% 1872 1,080 +0.14% 1901 1,026 −0.18% 1926 836 −0.82% 1946 827 −0.05% 1962 810 −0.13%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 807 −0.06% 1975 951 +2.37% 1982 1,351 +5.14% 1990 1,633 +2.40% 1999 1,959 +2.04% 2007 2,562 +3.41% 2012 2,721 +1.21% 2017 2,667 −0.40%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Culture

Since 2000, Corsept has attracted music fans from around the world to the Couvre Feu music festival.^[7] In 2015, the festival organizers announced their intention to look for a new site for the festival citing scheduling conflicts.^[8]

The current mayor of Corsept has expressed an interest in resettling refugees in the commune, however appropriate housing will not be available until 2017.^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Corsept - Site officiel de la Mairie de Corsept en Loire-Atlantique - Découverte de la commune de Corsept (44560)".
4. "Corsept - Site officiel de la Mairie de Corsept en Loire-Atlantique - Découverte de la commune de Corsept (44560)".
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Corsept, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
7. "L'ASSO - 14ème édition du Festival Couvre Feu - 21, 22, 23 août 2015 - Corsept (44)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
8. "Le festival Couvre Feu n'aura plus lieu à Corsept". 13 October 2015.
9. "Corsept - Site officiel de la Mairie de Corsept en Loire-Atlantique - Découverte de la commune de Corsept (44560)".