Y ( ) is a commune in the

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department in

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...

in northern

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. Y bears the shortest place name in France, and one of the shortest in the world. The inhabitants call themselves '' Ypsilonien(ne)s'', from the Greek letter

Upsilon Upsilon (, ; uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; ''ýpsilon'' ) or ypsilon is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, has a value of 400. It is derived from the phoenician alphabet, Phoenician Waw (letter), waw ...

(Υ), which looks like the letter Y.

Geography

Y is situated east of

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

, at the junction of the D15 and D615 roads, in the far eastern side of the department.

History

The district belonged to the

Y family Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seven ...

from

Vermandois Vermandois was a French county that appeared in the Merovingian period. Its name derives from that of an ancient tribe, the Viromandui. In the 10th century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin (Aisne) and Péronne ( Som ...

. The village was caught up in the First World War. It was decorated by Croix de guerre 1914-1918 on 15 December 1920. The Church of Saint-Médard was rebuilt in 1921 after the destruction caused by the First World War.Oswald Macqueron, « Aquarelle : Église d'Y, d'après nature, 18 octobre 1876. » rchive Documents numérisés, fonds Macqueron, Bibliothèque municipale d'Abbeville. Since 2002, the commune has been part of the community of communes of the

Pays Hamois In France, a ''pays'' () is an area whose inhabitants share common geographical, economic, cultural, or social interests, who have a right to enter into communal planning contracts under a law known as the Loi Pasqua or LOADT (''Loi d'Orientation ...

, which succeeded the

district of Ham A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

, created in 1960. Then on 1 Jan 2017, Pays Hamois and that of the Pays Neslois, merged.

Politics and administration

The commune is located in the

Arrondissement of Péronne The arrondissement of Péronne is an arrondissement of France in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 208 communes. Its population is 92,535 (2021), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Péro ...

in the

department of northern France. Since 1958, the commune has elected

deputies A legislator, or lawmaker, is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are often elected by the people, but they can be appointed, or hereditary. Legislatures may be supra-nati ...

from

Somme's 5th constituency The 5th constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme ''département''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vot ...

. Since 1801, the commune has been a part of the

Canton of Ham The Canton of Ham is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Geography The canton is organised around the commune of Ham. Composition At the French canton reorganisation which c ...

. During the 2014 cantonal redistribution in France, the boundaries of the canton were expanded from 19 to 67 communes.

List of mayors

Population

At the French Revolution the commune had 160 inhabitants; as of 2017 its legal population was 92 inhabitants.

References

External links

Y on the Quid website
Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub