Y () is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France 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; el, ''ýpsilon'' ) or ypsilon is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, grc, Υʹ, label=none has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw . E ...

(Υ), which looks like the letter Y.

Geography

Y is situated east of

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

, 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 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 (Somme ...

. 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, which succeeded the district of Ham, 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 in the Somme department of northern France. Since 1958, the commune has elected

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from Somme's 5th constituency. Since 1801, the commune has been a part of the Canton of Ham. 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 French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

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