Favières, Somme

Favières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Favières
Town hall
Location of Favières
Favières
Favières
Coordinates: 50°14′20″N 1°39′52″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAbbeville
CantonRue
IntercommunalityCC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Guy Taeck
Area
1
12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
462
  Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80303 /80120
Elevation2–5 m (6.6–16.4 ft)
(avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D140 road, 2 miles (3 km) from the estuary of the river Somme, some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Abbeville.

Railway

Favières is served by a halt on the metre gauge railway from Noyelles-sur-Mer to Le Crotoy. The railway is now a heritage railway, the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, which formerly formed part of the Réseau des Bains de Mer.

Personalities

  • Aeronautical engineering pioneers Gaston Caudron (1882) and René Caudron (1884) were born in Favières.

Population

Historical population of Favières, Somme
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population386438379403406405453
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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