Favières, Somme

Favières
Favières
	Commune
	Town hall
	Location of Favières
	Favières Favières
	Coordinates: 50°14′20″N 1°39′52″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Marcel Lejeune
Area 1	12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[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 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.

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.

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

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.

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