Y (commune)

Y is a commune in the department in in northern . Y bears the shortest place name in France, and one of the shortest in the world.
Wikipedia
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  • Village with 89 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 80 metres (262 feet)
  • Description: commune in Somme, France
  • Postal code: 80190
  • Also known as
    “80829”
    “Y”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Médard and Église Saint-Éloi de Matigny.

Church
Photo: DUCAMP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Philippe rogez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: APictche, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Y (commune)

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Latitude
49.8032° or 49° 48′ 11″ north
Longitude
2.9907° or 2° 59′ 26″ east
Open location code
8FX4RX3R+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 670240815
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6444824
Wiki­data ID
Q240431

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Y (commune)” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Y”
  • Arabic: “آي”
  • Arabic: “إي”
  • Aragonese: “Y (Somme)”
  • Aragonese: “Y”
  • Armenian: “Ի (Սոմի գավառ)”
  • Armenian: “Ի”
  • Arpitan: “Y”
  • Asturian: “Y (Somme)”
  • Asturian: “Y”
  • Bambara: “Y”
  • Basque: “Y (Somme)”
  • Basque: “Y”
  • Bavarian: “Y”
  • Breton: “Y (Somme)”
  • Breton: “Y”
  • Buginese: “Y, Somme”
  • Buginese: “Y”
  • Cajun French: “Y”
  • Catalan: “Y (Somme)”
  • Catalan: “Y”
  • Cebuano: “Y, Pransiya”
  • Chechen: “И (Сомма)”
  • Chechen: “И”
  • Chinese: “伊村”
  • Chinese: “依鎮”
  • Corsican: “Y”
  • Croatian: “Y”
  • Czech: “Y (Somme)”
  • Czech: “Y”
  • Danish: “Y (Somme)”
  • Danish: “Y”
  • Dutch: “Y (Frankrijk)”
  • Dutch: “Y”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آى”
  • Esperanto: “Y (Francio)”
  • Esperanto: “Y”
  • Estonian: “Y (Somme)”
  • Estonian: “Y”
  • Faroese: “Y”
  • Finnish: “Y (Ranska)”
  • Finnish: “Y”
  • French: “Y (Somme)”
  • French: “Y”
  • Friulian: “Y”
  • Galician: “Y, Somme”
  • Galician: “Y”
  • German: “Y (Somme)”
  • German: “Y”
  • Greek: “Υ (Σομ)”
  • Greek: “Υ”
  • Hausa: “Y”
  • Hungarian: “Y (település)”
  • Hungarian: “Y”
  • Icelandic: “Y (bær)”
  • Icelandic: “Y”
  • Ido: “Y”
  • Indonesian: “Y, Somme”
  • Indonesian: “Y”
  • Interlingua: “Y”
  • Interlingue: “Y”
  • Irish: “Y”
  • Italian: “Y (Francia)”
  • Italian: “Y”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Y”
  • Japanese: “イ (ソンム県)”
  • Japanese: “イ”
  • Jèrriais: “Y”
  • Kabyle: “Y”
  • Kalaallisut: “Y”
  • Kongo: “Y”
  • Korean: “Y”
  • Korean: “이”
  • Kurdish: “Y, Somme”
  • Kurdish: “Y”
  • Ladin: “Y”
  • Latin: “Y (Samara)”
  • Latin: “Y”
  • Latvian: “I (Francija)”
  • Latvian: “I”
  • Ligurian: “Y”
  • Limburgan: “Y”
  • Literary Chinese: “依鎮”
  • Lithuanian: “Y”
  • Low German: “Y”
  • Luxembourgish: “Y”
  • Macedonian: “И (Франција)”
  • Macedonian: “И”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Y”
  • Malagasy: “Y, Somme”
  • Malagasy: “Y”
  • Malay: “Y, Somme”
  • Malay: “Y”
  • Malayalam: “വൈ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Y (Somme)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Y”
  • Minangkabau: “Y”
  • Neapolitan: “Y”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Y”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Y”
  • Norwegian: “Y (Somme)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Y (Sòma)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Y”
  • Papiamento: “Y”
  • Persian: “وای، سم”
  • Persian: “وای”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Y (Somme)”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Y”
  • Picard: “Y (Sonme)”
  • Picard: “Y”
  • Piemontese: “Y”
  • Polish: “Y (Somma)”
  • Polish: “Y”
  • Portuguese: “Y (Somme)”
  • Portuguese: “Y”
  • Prussian: “Y”
  • Romagnol: “Y”
  • Romanian: “Y, Somme”
  • Romanian: “Y”
  • Romansh: “Y”
  • Russian: “И (Сомма)”
  • Russian: “И”
  • Sardinian: “Y”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Y (Somme)”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Y”
  • Scots: “Y, Somme”
  • Scots: “Y”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Y”
  • Serbian: “Y”
  • Serbian: “И (Сома)”
  • Sicilian: “Y”
  • Slovak: “Y (Somme)”
  • Slovak: “Y”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وای، سم”
  • Spanish: “Y (Somme)”
  • Spanish: “Y”
  • Swahili: “Y”
  • Swedish: “Y, Somme”
  • Swedish: “Y”
  • Swiss German: “Y”
  • Tatar: “И (Сомма)”
  • Tatar: “И”
  • Turkish: “Y, Somme”
  • Turkish: “Y”
  • Ukrainian: “І (Сомма)”
  • Ukrainian: “І”
  • Urdu: “ی، سومے”
  • Uzbek: “Y (Fransiya)”
  • Venetian: “Y (Somme)”
  • Venetian: “Y”
  • Vietnamese: “Y, Somme”
  • Vietnamese: “Y”
  • Vlaams: “Y”
  • Volapük: “Y”
  • Walloon: “Y”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Y, Somme”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Y”
  • Welsh: “Y”
  • Wolof: “Y”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊村”
  • Yue Chinese: “伊村”
  • Yue Chinese: “依”
  • Zulu: “Y”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Médard d’Y and Mairie d’Y.

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