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] 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.
The village was caught up in the First World War. It was decorated by Croix de guerre 1914-1918 on 15 December 1920.[6] The Church of Saint-Médard was rebuilt in 1921 after the destruction caused by the First World War.[7]
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.
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%
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