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.

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%

• Communes of the Loire department