Dancevoir

Commune in Grand Est, France

Location of Dancevoir

(2020–2026) Josette Demangeot^[1]Area

25.58 km² (9.88 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

197 • Density7.7/km² (20/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

52165 /52210

Elevation370 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 (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃səvwaʁ]) 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.^[3] Illustrator Danièle Bour currently resides in Dancevoir with her husband.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	275	—
1975	240	−1.93%
1982	226	−0.85%
1990	238	+0.65%
1999	234	−0.19%
2009	235	+0.04%
2014	205	−2.69%
2020	196	−0.75%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Interview with S.S. (Bud) Jenkins". UNCW Archives and Special Collections Online Database. 8 October 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE