Anse (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃s] ⓘ) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

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.

Odilon of Cluny was present and exhibited a papal privilege exempting his monastery from the episcopal jurisdiction of Mâcon.

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

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