Favières, Somme
Favières | |
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Favières | |
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)[1] | 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[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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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. |
Chapel.
Chapel.
Heritage chapel.
The church.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Favières (Somme). |
- Caudron brothers website (in French)
Categories:
- Communes of Somme (department)
- Abbeville arrondissement geography stubs