Dancevoir

Dancevoir is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

Dancevoir
Commune
The church in Dancevoir
Location of Dancevoir
Dancevoir
Dancevoir
Coordinates: 47°55′41″N 4°52′32″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaute-Marne
ArrondissementChaumont
CantonChâteauvillain
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes des Trois Forêts
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Josette Demangeot[1]
Area
1
25.58 km2 (9.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
189
 • Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
52165 /52210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Dancevoir is quoted in the poem of Aragon, The conscript hundred villages, writing 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
YearPop.±%
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%
YearPop.±%
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

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. "Interview with S.S. (Bud) Jenkins". UNCW Archives and Special Collections Online Database. 8 October 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2015.


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