Dancé, Loire

Dancé
Part of Vézelin-sur-Loire
Church and war memorial
Coat of arms
Location of Dancé
Dancé Dancé
Coordinates: 45°54′11″N 4°01′34″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Boën-sur-Lignon
Commune	Vézelin-sur-Loire
Area 1	8.83 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	172
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	42260
Elevation	283–583 m (928–1,913 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dancé (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃se] ) is a former commune in the Loire department in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vézelin-sur-Loire.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 250 —     1806 176 −29.6% 1821 237 +34.7% 1831 291 +22.8% 1841 337 +15.8% 1851 299 −11.3% 1861 313 +4.7% 1872 329 +5.1% 1881 344 +4.6% 1891 398 +15.7% 1901 387 −2.8% 1911 308 −20.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 266 −13.6% 1931 262 −1.5% 1946 218 −16.8% 1954 199 −8.7% 1962 203 +2.0% 1968 177 −12.8% 1975 117 −33.9% 1982 97 −17.1% 1990 100 +3.1% 1999 110 +10.0% 2006 140 +27.3% 2015 170 +21.4%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department