Avalon is a village outside
Pontcharra
Pontcharra (; frp, Pont-Charrâ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère Departments of France, department in southeastern France.
Population
Personalities
Pontcharra is the birthplace of former Formula One driver René Arnoux. Pierre ...
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Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.[département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...]
'', eastern France. It is part of the commune
Saint-Maximin. It is notable for being the birthplace of
Saint Hugh of Lincoln
Hugh of Lincoln, O.Cart. ( – 16 November 1200), also known as Hugh of Avalon, was a French-born Benedictine and Carthusian monk, bishop of Lincoln in the Kingdom of England, and Catholic saint. His feast is observed by Catholics on 16 Novemb ...
(1130s), and for the ''Tour d'Avalon'', a tower in the village.
Villages in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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