Dancevoir Explained

Dancevoir
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Chaumont
Canton:Châteauvillain
Insee:52165
Postal Code:52210
Mayor:Josette Demangeot[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC des Trois Forêts
Coordinates:47.9281°N 4.8756°W
Elevation M:370
Area Km2:25.58

Dancevoir (in French pronounced as /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.[2] Illustrator Danièle Bour currently resides in Dancevoir with her husband.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Web site: Interview with S.S. (Bud) Jenkins . . 8 October 2003 . UNCW Archives and Special Collections Online Database . 12 July 2015 .