Town | |
 Goutami River near Yanam | |
 Location of Yanam District in India along with the other districts of Pondicherry | |
| Coordinates: 16°44′00″N 82°13′00″E / 16.73333°N 82.21667°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory | Puducherry |
| District | Yanam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Yanam Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 76,000 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu,[2] English,[2] French[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 533 464 |
| Telephone code | +91-0884 |
| Vehicle registration | PY 04 |
| Website | yanam |
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Yanam (previously Yanaon) is a town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry. It has a population of 35,000 and is entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly a French colony for nearly 200 years, and, though united with India in 1954, is still sometimes known as "French Yanam".[4] It possesses a blend of French culture and the Telugu culture, nicknamed Frelugu. During French rule, the Tuesday market (Marché du mardi or Maṃgaḷavaram Saṃta) at Yanam was popular among the Telugu people in the Madras Presidency, who visited Yanam to buy foreign and smuggled goods during Yanam People's Festival held in January. After the enactment of the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 in British India, Telugu people often traveled to Yanam to conduct child marriages, which remained legal under the French administration.
- ^ "Census data". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ a b "The Pondicherry Official Languages Act, 1965" (PDF). lawsofindia.org. Laws of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Animesh Rai (2020). The Legacy of French Rule in India (1674-1954): An investigation of a process of Creolization. Institut français de Pondichéry. ISBN 9791036549892.
- ^ More, J. B. Prashant (2007). The Telugus of Yanam and Masulipatnam: from French rule to integration with India. M.S. pp. 30, 201, 268.