Chasse-sur-Rhône (, literally ''Chasse on

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ...

'') is a commune in the

Isère Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.

department in southeastern

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. The St. Joan of Arc Chapel, where

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...

reputedly visited and prayed at the chapel on 9 March 1429 after meeting King

Charles VII of France Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious () or the Well-Served (), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years' War and a ''de facto'' end of the English claims to ...

was originally built in Chasse-sur-Rhône, before being dismantled and transported to the United States, where it was rebuilt, in 1927.

Population

Twin towns

Chasse-sur-Rhône is twinned with: * Nor Hachen, Armenia, since 1998 *

Campobello di Licata Campobello di Licata () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about east of Agrigento. Physical geography Territory Campobello di Licata is a hil ...

, Italy, since 2003

Population

Twin towns

See also