Y, Somme

This article is about the French commune. For other uses, see Y (disambiguation).

"Ypsilonien" redirects here. For the noun for the adjective, see Ypsilon (disambiguation).

Y
Commune
Sign marking the exit of the village of Y in the Somme department of Picardy
Coat of arms
Location of Y
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Coordinates: 49°48′14″N 2°59′34″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	Est de la Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Joly
Area 1	2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	89
• Density	33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Demonym	Ypsilonien(ne)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80829 /80190
Elevation	56–82 m (184–269 ft) (avg. 72 m or 236 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Y's church.

Y (French pronunciation: [i] ^ⓘ ee) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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 (Υ), which looks like the letter Y.

Geography

Y is situated 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of Amiens, 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.

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.

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 deputies 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

List of successive Mayors of Y

In office		Mayor	Ref.
March 2001	2014	Charles Carpentier
2014	Incumbent	Vincent Joly

Population

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 160 —     1800 156 −0.36% 1806 148 −0.87% 1821 161 +0.56% 1831 179 +1.07% 1836 202 +2.45% 1841 208 +0.59% 1846 218 +0.94% 1851 205 −1.22% 1856 209 +0.39% 1861 234 +2.29% 1866 226 −0.69% 1872 196 −2.35% 1876 183 −1.70% 1881 194 +1.17% 1886 192 −0.21% 1891 189 −0.31% 1896 186 −0.32%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 210 +2.46% 1906 199 −1.07% 1911 148 −5.75% 1921 106 −3.28% 1926 116 +1.82% 1931 114 −0.35% 1936 121 +1.20% 1946 125 +0.33% 1954 143 +1.70% 1962 123 −1.87% 1968 116 −0.97% 1975 86 −4.18% 1982 90 +0.65% 1990 82 −1.16% 1999 89 +0.91% 2007 80 −1.32% 2012 93 +3.06% 2017 92 −0.22%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, a village in the Marne département and France's longest commune name.

External links

• Y on the Quid website (in French)