Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River. It was a major center of Confederate activity during the American Civil War, due to its strategic location on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and in April 1865 it briefly served as the final capital of the Confederacy before the South surrendered.
Today Danville is the principal city of the Danville, Virginia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,055. It is bounded by Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina to the south. Until 2020, it hosted the Danville Braves baseball club of the Appalachian League.


The city is home to Danville Regional Medical Center, part of the Pittsylvania County government. It is also home to a satellite campus of Virginia Western Community College as well as a branch of the Louisa County Public Library.
In 2013, "USA Today" ranked Danville as the seventh best place to retire in America. The ranking was based on factors such as cost of living and weather forecasts for its area; crime rates were not considered. In 2014, readership also voted it #8 out 10 in Best Places To Live (large cities).

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