Favières, Somme

Favières
Favières
Commune
	Town hall
	Location of Favières
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	Coordinates: 50°14′20″N 1°39′52″E / 50.2389°N 1.6644°ECoordinates: 50°14′20″N 1°39′52″E / 50.2389°N 1.6644°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Taeck
Area 1	12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	462
• 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 (French pronunciation: [favjɛʁ] (listen)) 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[]

Historical population of Favières, Somme
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.