Dancevoir
Commune
The church in Dancevoir
Location of Dancevoir
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Coordinates: 47°55′41″N 4°52′32″E / 47.9281°N 4.8756°E / 47.9281; 4.8756
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haute-Marne
Arrondissement	Chaumont
Canton	Châteauvillain
Intercommunality	CC des Trois Forêts
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Josette Demangeot[1]
Area 1	25.58 km2 (9.88 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	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
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