Favières, Somme
Favières | |
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 Town hall. | |
Location of Favières  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Rue |
| Intercommunality | Authie-Maye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Marcel Lejeune |
Area 1 | 12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 463 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80303 /80120 |
| Elevation | 2–5 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. | |
Favières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 386 | 438 | 379 | 403 | 406 | 405 | 453 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
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