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Shortest place name in France

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Sign for the town of Y in Picardy, France

Y (pronounced ‘i’) in Picardy in northern France, bears the shortest place name in France and 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.