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Corsept (French pronunciation: ​[kɔʁse]; Breton: Korzed) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Corsept
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
Area 1	23.62 km2 (9.12 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	2,640
• Density	110/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[2]

Corsept is also the site of a number of Celtic dolmens and menhirs.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,010	—
1806	898	−11.1%
1821	1,014	+12.9%
1831	1,047	+3.3%
1841	1,015	−3.1%
1851	1,076	+6.0%
1861	1,121	+4.2%
1872	1,080	−3.7%
1881	1,125	+4.2%
1891	1,063	−5.5%
1901	1,026	−3.5%
1911	990	−3.5%
1921	863	−12.8%
1931	820	−5.0%
1946	827	+0.9%
1954	826	−0.1%
1962	810	−1.9%
1968	807	−0.4%
1975	951	+17.8%
1982	1,351	+42.1%
1990	1,633	+20.9%
1999	1,965	+20.3%
2008	2,638	+34.2%
2017	2,667	+1.1%

Culture

Since 2000, Corsept has attracted music fans from around the world to the Couvre Feu music festival.[4] In 2015, the festival organizers announced their intention to look for a new site for the festival citing scheduling conflicts.[5]

The current mayor of Corsept has expressed an interest in resettling refugees in the commune, however appropriate housing will not be available until 2017.[6]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

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