Y, Somme

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Coat airms
Y Location within Hauts-de-France region Y
Coordinates: 49°48′14″N 2°59′34″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Hauts-de-France
Depairtment	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Govrenment
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Charles Carpentier
Area 1	2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population  (2006)2	86
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80829 /80190
Elevation	56–82 m (184–269 ft) (avg. 72 m or 236 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Y (pronounced [i]) is a commune in the Somme depairtment in Picardy in northren Fraunce.

Y bears the shortest place name in Fraunce, an ane o the shortest in the warld. The indwallers cry themselves Upsilonien(ne)s, frae the Greek letter Upsilon which leuks lik the letter Y.

Geografie

Y is situatit 32 mile (50 km) east o Amiens, at the junction o the D15 an D615 roads, in the far eastren side o the depairtment.

Demographics

Historical population o Y, Somme

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	109	116	86	90	82	89	86
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See an aa

• Communes o the Somme depairtment

References

• INSEE

Freemit airtins

• Y on the Quid website (in French)