Y, Somme

Y
Y
Commune
	Sign marking the exit of the village of Y in the Somme department of Picardy
	Coat of arms
	Location of Y
	Y Y
	Coordinates: 49°48′14″N 2°59′34″E / 49.8039°N 2.9928°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 (French pronunciation: [i] ^ⓘ) 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.^[3] The inhabitants call themselves Ypsilonien(ne)s,^[4]^[5] 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.^[6]

The village was caught up in the First World War. It was decorated by Croix de guerre 1914-1918 on 15 December 1920.^[7] The Church of Saint-Médard was rebuilt in 1921 after the destruction caused by the First World War.^[8]

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	^[1]

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^[9] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Ash, Russell (10 November 2011). Boring, Botty and Spong. RHCP. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4090-9739-6.
^ "Promouvoir le village d'Y" (in French). Annuaire Mairie.
^ "Dictionary gives labels for locals `From Abilene to Zimbabwe'". Deseret Times. Associated Press. 12 September 1997.
^ Notice historique et géographique, réalisée par l'instituteur, M. Huguet, 1899, Archives départementales, Amiens
^ Journal officiel du 16 décembre 1920, p. 20825.
^ Oswald Macqueron, « Aquarelle : Église d'Y, d'après nature, 18 octobre 1876. » [archive], Documents numérisés, fonds Macqueron, Bibliothèque municipale d'Abbeville.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Y, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Y on the Quid website (in French)

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[mayor-1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Ash, Russell (10 November 2011). Boring, Botty and Spong. RHCP. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4090-9739-6.

[4] "Promouvoir le village d'Y" (in French). Annuaire Mairie.

[5] "Dictionary gives labels for locals `From Abilene to Zimbabwe'". Deseret Times. Associated Press. 12 September 1997.

[6] Notice historique et géographique, réalisée par l'instituteur, M. Huguet, 1899, Archives départementales, Amiens

[7] Journal officiel du 16 décembre 1920, p. 20825.

[8] Oswald Macqueron, « Aquarelle : Église d'Y, d'après nature, 18 octobre 1876. » [archive], Documents numérisés, fonds Macqueron, Bibliothèque municipale d'Abbeville.

[ehess-9] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Y, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-10] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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