Article R41 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
The seat of the assize courts listed below is exceptionally set in a town other than the chief town of the court of appeal if there is one or in the opposite case other than the chief town of the department. Assize court DEPARTMENTS HEADQUARTERS Charente-Maritime Saintes Manche Coutances Pas-de-Calais Saint-Omer Saône-et-Loire Chalon-sur-Saône Var Draguignan