Dancevoir

Dancevoir
Commune
The church in Dancevoir
Location of Dancevoir
Dancevoir Dancevoir
Coordinates: 47°55′41″N 4°52′32″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haute-Marne
Arrondissement	Chaumont
Canton	Châteauvillain
Intercommunality	CC des Trois Forêts
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Josette Demangeot
Area 1	25.58 km2 (9.88 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	197
• Density	7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	52165 /52210
Elevation	370 m (1,210 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dancevoir (Template:IPA-fr) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

History

Dancevoir is named in Le Conscrit des cent villages, a poem of Louis Aragon, written as an act of intellectual Resistance clandestinely in spring 1943, during the Second World War.

The maternal grandmother of American scientist Bill Nye originated from the commune. Illustrator Danièle Bour currently resides in Dancevoir with her husband.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 794 —     1800 826 +4.0% 1806 766 −7.3% 1821 760 −0.8% 1831 820 +7.9% 1841 872 +6.3% 1851 882 +1.1% 1861 761 −13.7% 1872 653 −14.2% 1881 606 −7.2% 1891 540 −10.9% 1901 511 −5.4% 1911 483 −5.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 416 −13.9% 1931 411 −1.2% 1936 379 −7.8% 1946 414 +9.2% 1954 418 +1.0% 1962 325 −22.2% 1968 275 −15.4% 1975 240 −12.7% 1982 226 −5.8% 1990 238 +5.3% 1999 234 −1.7% 2006 251 +7.3% 2012 227 −9.6%

The commune's population in 2012 was 227, a decline of 9.6% from the 251 reported in 2006.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Marne department