Favières, Somme
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Favières | |
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Town hall | |
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) |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- Aeronautical engineering pioneers Gaston Caudron (1882) and René Caudron (1884) were born in Favières.
Population[edit]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 438 | — |
1975 | 379 | −2.05% |
1982 | 403 | +0.88% |
1990 | 406 | +0.09% |
1999 | 405 | −0.03% |
2007 | 456 | +1.49% |
2012 | 462 | +0.26% |
2017 | 462 | +0.00% |
Source: INSEE[1] |
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- Caudron brothers website (in French)
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