Anse

This article is about the commune. For the canton in which the commune is located, see Canton of Anse.

Anse
A general view of Anse A general view of Anse
Coat of arms of Anse Coat of arms
Anse
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Anse
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Anse
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Beaujolais-Pierres-Dorées
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Daniel Pomeret
Area1	15.23 km2 (5.88 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	6,450
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	69009 / 69480
Elevation	167–358 m (548–1,175 ft) (avg. 176 m or 577 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.

Anse is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

It is situated on the river Saône, approx. 7 km south of Villefranche-sur-Saône (near Lyon).

Councils of Anse

Several medieval councils were held in this French town.

That of 994 decreed, among other disciplinary measures, abstinence from servile labour after three o'clock (None) on Saturday, i.e. the observance of the vigil of Sunday.

The council of 1025 was held for the purpose of settling a conflict between the monks of Cluny Abbey and the Bishop of Mâcon, who complained that, though their monastery was situated in his diocese, the monks had obtained ordination from the Archbishop of Vienne. St. Odilon of Cluny was present and exhibited a papal privilege exempting his monastery from the episcopal jurisdiction of Mâcon. But the fathers of the council caused to be read the ancient canons ordaining that in every country the abbots and monks should be subject to their own bishop, and declared null a privilege contrary to the canons. The Archbishop of Vienne was required to apologize to the Bishop of Mâcon.

In 1076 a council was held for the purpose of furthering the ecclesiastical reforms of St. Gregory VII.

At the council of 1100, Hugues, Archbishop of Lyon, demanded from the assembled fathers, among whom was St. Anselm of Canterbury, a subsidy for the expenses of the journey that, with the Pope's permission, he was about to make to Jerusalem.

People

• John Claudius Neraz, (1828–1894), born in Anse, Roman Catholic priest, bishop of San Antonio, Texas.

See also

Communes of the Rhône department

References

• INSEE
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