What is Y, Somme?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Y |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Comunne Y picardhiv68.jpg |caption = Sign marking the end of the commune of Y in the [[Somme]] department of [[Picardy]] |coordinates = {{coord|49.8039|2.9928|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Péronne |demonym = Ypsilonien(ne) |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes de l'Est de la Somme]] |mayor = Vincent Joly |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 72 |elevation min m = 56 |elevation max m = 82 |area km2 = 2.73 |population = 94 |population date = 2014 |INSEE = 80829 |postal code = 80190 |image coat of arms = FRA Y COA.svg |canton = Ham }} '''Y''' ({{IPA-fr|i|pron}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is in the [[Somme]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Hauts-de-France]]. This is in the north of [[France]]. In 2015, 93 people lived there. Y has the shortest place name in France. It is one of the shortest in the world. The inhabitants call themselves ''Ypsilonien(ne)s'', from the Greek letter [[Upsilon]] which looks like the letter Y. == History == [[File:Y (Somme) church (flickruser1banaan).jpg|thumb|The Church of Y was destroyed in the First World War. It weas rebuilt after the war.]] The village was largely destroyed in the [[First world war|First World War]]. It was rebuilt after the war. The village is in a [[Rural area|rural]] setting. In 2020, local farmers invested 6 million euros in building a plant for [[biogas]]. {{Somme communes}} [[Category:Communes in Somme]] {{France-geo-stub}}